What happened next went far more smoothly than Tony had imagined.
If the Dimension Lords' armies had the combat power of siege minions, the Miyamotos famous throughout the multiverse... ahem, siege minions.
Then Tony's shadow army consisted of late-game super minions, the kind that could smash a nexus with a single punch.
The Dark Dimension Lords crouched before Tony with their hands over their heads, trembling.
Mephisto first glanced up to check his boss's expression, then obediently stepped forward to throw his boss's weight around. "You lot must have a death wish, daring to ambush our boss!"
"A misunderstanding! It was all a misunderstanding!"
"If we'd known it was Master Tony, we'd have crawled here on our knees to pay our respects! How could we possibly dare ambush you?"
"Bullshit! We clearly came to welcome Master Tony! My lord, don't listen to his nonsense."
One Dimension Lord grinned shamelessly, twisting the truth.
The other lords hurriedly chimed in with fawning smiles:
"Yes, yes! When we heard Lord Tony was coming to the Dark Multiverse, we wept tears of excitement and specially gathered everyone to welcome you!"
"Exactly! An ambush? This is a misunderstanding, just a misunderstanding!"
Tony smiled. "You. Come here."
The Fallen Lord obediently approached, nodding and bowing. "Greetings, my lord. Greetings."
"What really happened?"
The Fallen Lord wore an apologetic smile, rubbing his hands restlessly. "Of course we came to welcome you, my lord!"
Crunch! Crack, crack...
A pitch-black Dark Dragon suddenly appeared and bit off the Fallen Lord's head, then circled at the mouth of the dark passage behind Tony.
The Fallen Lord's headless body collapsed to the floor, spraying blood onto the other lords' faces.
The Dimension Lords stared at the corpse on the floor in horror.
Tony's smile was kindly. "Wonderful answer. I liked it