Earth. A Secret Island Base somewhere in the South Pacific, completely hidden behind a magical barrier.
This was the command center of the Prometheus Protocol.
Bruce Wayne and Steve Rogers stood there, waiting for the last member to return.
Ever since Link had "formatted" the entire world with his Mind Field, they had known a direct confrontation was futile.
The New God had bound himself so deeply to the Laws of the universe that any physical attack would feel like a breeze against his skin.
They needed a weapon that could hurt a god.
Just then, space at the center of the base began to twist. A golden portal, radiant with divine power, slowly opened.
Wonder Woman, Diana Prince, stepped through.
Fatigue showed on her face, but her gaze was more resolute than ever.
In her hand was an ancient-looking black spear that radiated a chilling presence.
The spear seemed less a solid object than a piece of Void given form. Where its point aimed, light and space warped faintly.
Merely standing near it made Steve feel the Super Soldier Serum in his veins tremble uneasily, as though it were crying out.
"Is that... the weapon you told us about?" Steve asked, his voice dry.
"Yes." Diana planted the spear in the ground, and the base's metal floor groaned under the strain.
"It's called the Law Ripper."
Diana's expression was grave.
"Hephaestus, the smith god of Mount Olympus, forged it from a strand of Chaos and Void that existed before the universe was born. Its very existence defies Order."
"It doesn't wound flesh. It wounds concepts themselves."
Bruce stepped forward and reached out to touch it, but Diana stopped him.
"Don't touch it, Bruce. It would consume a mortal mind in an instant." Diana looked from one man to the