The Queen's Game: Magic vs. Technology!

Just as the standoff between Link and Earth's last defenders reached its peak, with the final battle for the planet's fate about to erupt, a jaunty whistle cut through the tense air atop the Himalayas.

"Whew~"

It was Harley Quinn.

She lounged against a rock a short distance behind Link as though none of this concerned her, chewing gum. She blew a huge bubble, then popped it with her finger.

"Hey, darling," she called to Link's back. "How long are you going to catch up with these 'great heroes'? I'm about to freeze solid. Can you hurry up so we can find somewhere warm and have hot pot?"

Beneath his armor, Batman frowned. He had no idea what Link was planning, or why he had brought along someone who looked like a harmless ornament.

Doctor Strange's expression shifted. His powerful magical senses told him the real threat was not the erratic woman herself.

At Harley's casual whistle, everything changed!

Above Kamar-Taj, ripples spread across the clear, star-filled sky like rings on a lake. Then dozens of menacing fighters built in the unmistakable style of Apokolips dropped their Psinergy Invisibility Fields and appeared overhead like ghosts!

"What are those?!"

Wong and Mordo looked up in shock. The fighters had appeared so suddenly that Kamar-Taj's thousand-year-old magical wards had given no warning at all!

Before they could react, the fighters dropped bombs that looked like black crystals.

The bombs did not explode. There was no flash of fire. They broke apart in midair, becoming invisible fields that warped the light as they spread like a virus across the rear of Kamar-Taj's defenses.

Chaos Field bombs! Link had obtained this advanced technology from the Shadow Engine of Apokolips, and it was designed to suppress and disrupt energy fields!

"Bzzzt... bzzzzzt..."

In an instant,