Barbatos Will Never Trade Batman

World Forge.

Barbatos was sprawled across World Forger's corpse, even though he knew his master had not truly died.

He took a deep breath.

Gritting his teeth, trembling, and whispering, he fought against the overlapping echoes ringing in his ears.

He had snatched the Prime Universe Batman from Batman Dragon. With Prime Universe Bruce's help, he could harvest vast quantities of Dark Matter Universe Energy from the Dark Multiverse.

In short, Barbatos had temporarily accepted the fact that he had not truly killed World Forger.

He had suffered enough fear.

The dragon of the Dark Multiverse composed himself and began planning his next counterattack. Those who dared deceive him—he would make them...

Who was it?

Suddenly, Barbatos was startled.

He sensed an uncontrolled creature appear in the World Forge, right beneath his eyes. The first enemies who might intrude without his permission came to mind:

World Forger!?

In an instant, that familiar fear nearly froze Barbatos's entire body. His tail dropped to the ground like a rope. He turned around, spread his wings—

And spat a bolt of purple lightning into the shadows beside him.

It was like breathing out a hazy plume of white vapor in winter.

And Trickster emerged from the cloud of white smoke.

"Anti-Monitor?"

Barbatos's tail sprang upright.

Oh. So it really was him.

He had once transformed Anti-Monitor's puppet avatar, Anti-Monitor Dragon, into his own Barbatos Dragon. The other party still carried Barbatos's power; he had merely broken free of Barbatos's control.

"Don't look so surprised, little fellow." Then Barbatos heard Anti-Monitor's voice. "As your former little pet, can't I return to my master's home for a visit?"

Anti-Monitor did not shy away from the fact that his avatar had once served as Barbatos's little pet. That only put Barbatos under even greater pressure.

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