The Spectre felt as though he had fallen for He-El's trap.
Lucifer had not been found.
He still had to control Zeus's corpse, become Zeus, use the divine authority of the Olympian Zeus as an anchor, and draw the gods from the next Parallel Universe convergence into the Divine Realm.
He also had to resolve for New Krypton the disaster posed by the gods brought by the Parallel Universe convergence.
If Lucifer could be found, it would be acceptable. But now, He-El had gotten free labor out of him for nothing. The Spectre frowned deeply.
"Zeus, I'll leave the Divine Realm to you." He-El did not think he was exploiting The Spectre for free. He had put in effort and taken on risks. Lucifer simply had not appeared, and that was not his fault.
New Krypton had also followed its usual procedures in relocating the Olympians. It had even made the Olympian Pantheon relinquish their divine authorities. This was a standard risk-avoidance measure, so The Spectre had no grounds to blame him.
"..." Just as The Spectre wanted to make Zeus's corpse open its mouth and speak, He-El added another sentence.
"At the next Parallel Universe convergence, New Krypton may face grave danger. New Krypton will still need to transfer citizens on a large scale. When that time comes, I can only rely on you, Zeus." He-El painted him a tempting picture.
With the Traversal Vortex being the only thing capable of drawing out Lucifer, The Spectre had no choice but to take the bait.
On his own, he had no way to find where Lucifer was hiding.
But as long as he kept his eyes on He-El and followed him, Lucifer would eventually appear.
"Your command, Your Majesty." Left with no choice, The Spectre controlled Zeus's corpse and knelt