"Doctor Manhattan, what do you think?" At the center of Grace's search ship, He-El watched Koken Novo's corpse drift up and down. He had kept the phantom projection of the He-El Universe activated, concealing himself through it.
He had watched Zeus assassinate Koken Novo, watched Koken Novo kill Zeus, and finally learned who the mysterious presence inside Zeus's body was.
The Spectre...
An existence of this level stood beneath only the Creator God—on the same level as Lucifer and the archangel Michael.
What did such an existence want by hiding inside Zeus's body?
Was it for his own Source Universe?
He-El's heart sank.
"The Spectre is said to be God's wrath unleashed to judge evil. I have seen the Spectre possess living beings in other Parallel Universes, but never one this powerful. He killed a member of the Monitors with ease. I cannot see through him; he exceeds the information and domains I know. Without more information, I can only suspect that this is the Spectre's main body, hiding within Zeus's body." Doctor Manhattan analyzed calmly from within He-El's shadow. "He is not an existence we can covet or confront. We do not know whether he seeks the Source Universe, nor do we know what he wants. Even knowing that he is hiding in Zeus's body, our situation remains dire."
Knowing it was the Spectre did not change the fact that He-El was at a disadvantage.
It might have seemed that He-El had used He-El Space to catch the instant the Spectre appeared, as though he were observing from the shadows, but the Spectre's power was simply too great.
Great enough that destroying fifty-two Source Universes—destroying every universe within the Speed Force Wall—would not be difficult.
For a powerhouse of that level to hide inside Zeus's body and approach He-El