"It hurts... it hurts so much..."
Though Harley Quinn was also trembling violently from the pain.
When she struggled to lift her head and saw the red-and-blue figure floating in the sky.
Her bloodshot eyes burst with feverish excitement.
"Mr... Mr. Milk Candy..."
Harley bit through her lip, enduring the agonizing pain of her soul being torn apart as she screamed at the sky with all her strength.
"You're back!! I knew it!!"
"Kill him!! Beat that ugly freak to a pulp!!"
Dago looked at the pursuing Homelander and let out a crazed laugh.
"Listen to those wonderful sounds! This is humanity's final fate!"
Homelander hovered in the air, looking at the wailing crowds below and at Harley struggling in agony.
His eyes quickly filled with tears of rage and grief.
"No..."
Homelander clenched his fists, his voice trembling faintly.
"You despicable bastard!"
He pointed at Darkseid, perfectly displaying the ultimate fury a hero should feel upon seeing innocents suffer.
"Come at me!! Whatever grudge you have, take it out on me!!"
"Let them go!!!"
"Come at you? Hahahaha!" Darkseid laughed wildly. "I don't want to fight you right now. I want you to watch them die in agony before your very eyes!"
"I'll kill you!!"
Homelander roared, broke the sound barrier, and slammed a fist into Darkseid's jaw.
"Bang—!"
Darkseid was sent flying through the air by the blow, crashing heavily dozens of meters away.
Without pausing, Homelander shot after him, mounted Darkseid, and rained down his fists like a storm.
"Stop! Turn off that damned thing!!" Homelander roared as he beat him mercilessly.
But to everyone's despair, every punch Homelander landed on Darkseid only brought even more agonized screams from Metropolis and the entire world.
"Ah!!!"
The civilians lying on the ground convulsed even more violently. Some could