"What if I said... the New Krypton Empire would ultimately lose?" He-El said calmly.
He-El's words made the Kryptonian generals, who had just declared that they would live and die with New Krypton, pale as an indescribable fear rose in their hearts.
"How is that possible!" Before the Kryptonian generals could ask, Clark Kent turned to He-El in shock and blurted out the question.
Superman Clark Kent had watched New Krypton grow from the nation He-El founded into a power that ventured into space and conquered the universe. It had protected Earth, turning it into the utopia he had always striven for. He was utterly unwilling to see the New Krypton Empire destroyed and return to the days when a single Earth held 197 countries.
If anyone did not want New Krypton to fall, it was Superman Clark Kent, who had witnessed everything grow from nothing into the New Krypton Universe. He absolutely did not want New Krypton to disappear.
None of the other superheroes—not even Batman Bruce Wayne, The Flash Barry Allen, Wonder Woman Diana Prince, or any of the rest—understood this as deeply as Superman Clark Kent did.
He was someone who had truly witnessed peace, unlike the other superheroes who were still striving toward it.
"Your Majesty, why will we ultimately lose?" Kal-El stepped forward and asked, his expression tinged with defiance.
He-El had led him in conquering this New Krypton Universe and building the New Krypton Empire. Kal-El felt a powerful attachment to them.
But he also knew that He-El would not make such a claim without reason.
For He-El, who had led him in conquering the New Krypton Universe, to say that they would ultimately lose, Kal-El believed he must have learned of some force they could not resist.
Even so, Kal-El, General Zod, and