First Stop: Arkham. Next Move: Steal Harley Quinn
Chapter 317

A Snap, a Universe Reborn!

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The war was over.

When the last speck of dust from Thanos and his fleet vanished on the wind, an eerie silence fell over the Wakandan battlefield.

The surviving Wakandan soldiers, the warriors of the Border Tribe, and the heroes of the Avengers and Justice League all looked up at the lone figure in the sky.

There was no joy of victory on their faces. Only bewilderment and a deep, soul-deep awe.

That day, they had witnessed a god.

And they had seen how easily a god could erase a conqueror of the universe, as if crushing an ant.

Link slowly descended.

He ignored the heroes' conflicted stares and looked instead at the devastated battlefield.

Vast stretches of land had been burned barren by artillery fire. Wakanda's proud city lay in ruins after the meteor strikes. Countless brave soldiers—Wakandans and troops from the Chaos Direction tech force he had brought—lay dead across the land.

At last, his gaze settled nearby.

Harley Quinn lay motionless on the ground, her face pale, a trace of a wild smile still on her lips. She was unconscious. She had flown a ship into a meteor to protect him, and the impact had hit her hard.

Something pricked at Link's heart.

Ugh. They made such a mess of my playground.

With this many people dead, who's going to work for me? Who's going to be my audience?

And my Harley... Why is she sleeping here? The ground's cold.

He walked over, bent down, and lifted her into his arms with the care he might have given a priceless treasure.

The girl's breathing was faint, her brows drawn tight, as though she were having a bad dream.

Link looked at her, then at the broken world around them. A flicker of impatience crossed his eyes.

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