The Last Ray of Dawn

"No, K—uh! Uh uh!!!"

Beneath the surface, within a protective shield for water flow.

Upon witnessing her boyfriend's death again, Lois Lane's emotions collapsed instantly.

Before the heart-wrenching screams could even have a proper outlet, Mera covered her mouth with her hand.

Lois Lane looked back and saw that Mera, who called herself the "Queen of the Sea," also had tears glistening in her eyes.

"Don't make a sound, understand?"

"I will take you away from here." Her voice choked with sobs, followed by tears she could no longer hold back.

For the first time in her life Mera was facing the prospect of life and death, and she forced herself not to cry out loud.

Mera was unaware that she had bitten her rosy lips until they bled, and the taste of blood in her mouth only served to stimulate her tear ducts.

Sobbing, crying.

And there was hysterical roaring.

She wanted to do all of these things, but she knew she couldn't.

Beckett is dead, but Darkseid is not.

She must live; only if she lives can Beckett be brought back to life.

Where are we going?

Lois Lane, the well-known female reporter for the Daily Planet, lost her sparkle.

"My home."

Mera manipulated the water flow, securing Lois Lane tightly to her back, and quietly swam towards the location of the Metropolitan Ruins.

She left very decisively.

There was no melodramatic crying, tantrums, or threats of suicide, nor any ignorant and fearless vow to avenge Beckett.

As a child raised under royal education, Mera knew how to make choices, how to weigh options, and what it meant to retain hope.

The ruins of the metropolis.

The dying Wonder Woman Diana and the Flash Barry Allen linger on under the protection of Alfred, who is clad in armor.

The soldiers of the Apocalypse Legion continued to surge forward like a river bursting its banks.

Alfred was, after all, just an old man, and soon succumbed to defeat.

Just as Diana and her two companions were about to be devoured, three fierce streams of water instantly dispersed the Apocalypse soldiers who had gathered together, transforming into water spheres that carried Diana and her companions away from Metropolis.

The Golden Trident no longer dimmed, Mera, who assumed the responsibility of ruling the seven seas, stood at the forefront of the storm, manipulating the fierce seas to provide shelter for all the ocean-adjacent cities on Earth.

Any Apocalypse soldiers who tried to storm into these cities ended up being shredded to pieces by the sharp water blades.

"Lord Darkseid, our people have been stopped."

Having learned of this, Steppenwolf came before Darkseid and bowed to report.

"It's the weapon from Atlantis."

"That guy has a decent successor."

Darkseid didn't care and signaled Steppenwolf to intensify his attack.

"Her power is not enough to sustain her for long; she should deal with the rest of the humans on this planet first."

Darkseid waved his hand, and Steppenwolf nodded in agreement and slowly withdrew.

Before leaving, he glanced at the two corpses hanging on the Gate of Apocalypse.

Beckett with blond hair and blue eyes, Clark with black hair and black eyes.

Both of them have an unhealable wound in their hearts, pierced by Omega Beam.

"Go to your doom in despair, humanity."

Darkseid, walking on the clouds, remained expressionless, his hands behind his back as he looked down at the corpse-strewn land below.

The underwater world, the Kingdom of Zebel.

Queen Mera, wielding her Golden Trident, returned to this temporarily safe place with the four people she had rescued from the battlefield.

King of Zebel Nereus of Zebel watched his daughter arrive in haste with a complex expression. He had seen everything that was happening on land.

"Father, quick! They need treatment!"

"I know, it's all ready." Nereus had already guessed what his daughter was planning when he saw Mera leading people home earlier, and the treatment equipment was already prepared.

Barry and Diana were picked up and taken to the Zebel Treatment Center.

Alfred and Lois Lane, the only two remaining, stayed in the royal palace, looking around at everything unfamiliar.

"Darkseid's army is temporarily unable to break through the underwater defenses, so we are safe for the time being."

"You two can stay here for now."

After watching Diana and Barry Allen leave, Mera turned around and spoke to the two people behind her.

"The seabed? Wait, what about the humans on land?" Lois Lane immediately thought of the people on the shore.

"I have protected most of the coastal cities, and I know that this is just a drop in the ocean compared to the total number of cities in the world. But this is the limit of my power."

"Our enemy is terrifying. If we don't find a way to defeat him, then even the underwater world will cease to exist."

Mera's eyes were filled with determination.

"But what should we do? Even Clark ..." Lois Lane reached out and wiped away the tears on her face.

Suddenly, she remembered someone.

"Where's Bruce? Alfred, where's Bruce?"

"If it were him, he should be able to come up with a way to counter Darkseid."

"In fact, Bruce was killed by Clark before Darkseid arrived." Alfred shook his head, a bitter look rising in his eyes.

"...???" Lois Lane was completely confused.

"We don't have much time. My power can only last for three days. After three days, my power will be exhausted, and then the entire land world, including the ocean world, will be devoured by Darkseid's army."

"So, Alfred, tell me." Mera directly pointed out the limits of her power, and then looked at Batman's butler with an extremely solemn expression.

"How did you manage to bring Superman back to life?"

If you can be resurrected once, you can definitely be resurrected a second time.

This was the only thought in Mera's mind that she believed could turn the tide.

Superman can be resurrected, then Beckett can naturally be resurrected as well.

"It's no use."

"Clark was resurrected because Barry activated the power of the Mother Box, and that kid named Victor Stone used his mechanical arm to control the Kryptonian spaceship."

"But now, the Mother Box has been taken, and Victor Stone, who can pilot Kryptonian spaceship, has also been captured by Beckett..."

Not to mention that Barry Allen, who can activate the Mother Box, is now seriously injured and is only being kept alive by Diana's divine power. It is unknown whether Mera power is exhausted in three days.

The vast royal palace fell into an eerie silence for a moment.

"In fact, I can try piloting Kryptonian spaceship."

Suddenly, a voice familiar to Mera broke the eerie atmosphere.

A fully blue robotic cat awoke from standby mode and was projected onto the royal palace from the wristband.

"Woz?!"

"Woz, you're awake?!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Mera's eyes the moment she saw the robot cat.

When Beckett handed it to her earlier, Woz's control panel showed that it was shutting down.

Mera's earlier plan to use water to sweep Beckett away was devised by Mera Woz before the closure.

"Wait, you're saying you can control Kryptonian spaceship?"

Bonus chapter progress: [4/15]

Three chapters today, done!