"So what exactly is it that has us on such high alert, Your Majesty?"
Beside him, Mantis asked Darkseid softly with a grin.
Darkseid glanced at Mantis, deeply dissatisfied with his casual attitude.
But in truth, he knew he had to tolerate Mantis's little provocations.
As for why, it was because Mantis was the strongest warrior under his command...
Before Mantis appeared, Darkseid had been troubled every day by New Genesis's attacks.
Only by taking action himself could he hold back those bastards locked in an endless war with Apokolips.
That burden had plagued him for over twenty thousand years!
Until, at last, he found Mantis in a universe that delighted him.
After he successfully conquered Mantis's homeland and forced Mantis to bow before him,
Darkseid was finally able to turn his attention away from New Genesis's assaults.
And that was why Mantis dared to act somewhat casually before Darkseid.
Just like now, Darkseid gave Mantis a long, deep look.
The other Dark Elite nearby also looked at Mantis with displeasure.
But Mantis remained utterly unconcerned, simply looking at Darkseid expectantly.
Seeing this, Darkseid frowned and said coldly,
"An Old God has emerged among the Kryptonians of a certain universe. Gres and Godfrey just died by his hand!"
"Huh?!!"
Mantis froze, and his expression immediately turned savage!
As Apokolips's foremost general, Mantis was always responsible for guarding Apokolips whenever Darkseid went out.
And Godfrey, with his lazy and carefree personality, was one of the elites who hated going out to do anything.
As the two who remained behind on Apokolips most often, their friendship was far better than that of the others!
At the very least, Mantis liked Godfrey as a friend!
Of course, Mantis liked his friend's younger sister even more...
In any case, upon hearing of their deaths,