The terms were quickly settled. Ulysses ceded leadership of the team, and in return, he would receive gold, silver, treasures, and some technology Deathstroke had no use for, which he could take back to Fury as an explanation and make another profit from.
In exchange, he needed to send his daughter to Kamar-Taj to become a magical apprentice. In the future, any magical materials he acquired would also be offered to Kamar-Taj first, provided the price was fair.
In truth, all the other terms were smoke bombs. What Deathstroke truly valued was Ulysses's daughter. In the future, her reputation would eclipse her father's. The little girl's name was Elsa Bloodstone.
Elsa was the best magic user among Witchers and the best Witcher among mages, the sort of new-era mage Deathstroke rather liked.
The kind who charged at the front, brave and resourceful, wielding two shotguns.
Simple, deadly, efficient.
In the future, she would possess physical abilities comparable to Black Widow's, a hunter's instincts like Kraven's, and magical talent no less than Strange's.
What mattered most in the twenty-first century? Talent and resources, of course.
Her mother's identity was a mystery. She might have been some kind of humanoid demon, or perhaps one of the Eternals. In any case, after Ulysses died, the ruby growing from his chest fell out as well. Elsa's mother turned it into a necklace for her daughter to wear.
Previously, the Bloodstone only absorbed energy and never released it. But after it was made into a necklace, the essence of demonic and vampire energy within it was released. Elsa was mysteriously affected, and her physical abilities rapidly grew to superhuman levels. By the age of eighteen, she had become one of the finest vampire hunters.
Given her father's reputation, she was even more famous in the