Link finally spoke, his voice utterly calm.
He slowly raised a hand and looked at his bare wrist, as though the faint warmth of the Lasso of Truth's power still lingered there.
"You want to judge me? How ridiculous."
A cold smile touched his lips.
"Those Old Gods who call themselves righteous aren't even worthy of being pieces on my board."
Just then, a string of cold, mechanical alerts rang through his mind like the bells of the Apocalypse.
[System notification: The target organization "Justice League" has completed a comprehensive threat assessment of the host.] [Assessment result: Omega-level.] [Conditions met. The "Shadow of Justice" protocol has officially begun!] [Volume Four's core mission has been issued!]
Link's eyes lit up at once.
The Justice League's hostility did not worry him. Instead, it stirred an excitement he had not felt in a long time.
It was like a game: after clearing the starter village and defeating the local mini-boss, Lex Luthor, the main quest had finally pointed him toward the real world-class bosses.
"System, show me the new mission."
At his thought, a vast virtual interface unfolded across his vision.
It was an enormous three-dimensional map of the globe, glowing pale blue.
Several new coordinates blazed brightly upon it.
Deep in the Aegean Sea lay a mysterious island shrouded in thick magical mist. Above its coordinates, two gilded words appeared in an Ancient Greek style—[Themyscira].
In geosynchronous orbit hung a ring-shaped space station built with alien technology. Like the Sword of Damocles suspended over humanity, its coordinates flashed with a cold silver light—[Watchtower].
In the American Midwest, an entire city seemed wrapped in red lightning. Unstable energy surged from the region—[Central City].
Even on the floor of the deep Atlantic, a faint point of light flickered, hinting at a lost