While Su Ming and Diana were chatting and Mazikeen was fighting the Lord of Order for her life, things were not going so smoothly for Cloak.
Justice League Dark's underground headquarters had become a battlefield. Circe had led the team she assembled in a surprise attack, and their target was also the Black Diamond—or rather, Eclipso.
Taking advantage of the Justice League and the Legion of Doom clashing across the board, she had recruited several figures from the Magic World and promised them considerable benefits in the name of Hecate's reincarnation.
Some people in the Magic World were deeply envious of Otherworld Deathstroke becoming the Upside-Down Man's agent. Even if they did not know the details of the contract between them, they could roughly guess that Deathstroke had definitely gained something from it.
Otherwise, how could a pure warrior suddenly acquire the ability to cast spells?
And if they, who were already spellcasters, gained those benefits, wouldn't that be even better?
It was not as though no one had tried summoning the Upside-Down Man for negotiations, but that White-Scaled Monster had smilingly eaten those brave souls. At first, it had been interested enough to listen, but eventually it became numb to it all. Whenever someone came to discuss the matter, it simply asked one question.
"Do you understand compound interest?"
"???"
Spellcasters filled with ambition were generally very confident in themselves, and a mage's confidence meant they needed long periods of accumulated knowledge.
How could antiques from centuries ago possibly understand modern finance? Much less offer better terms than Deathstroke. Their only fate was to pay the price for disturbing the Upside-Down Man: their lives and the energy of their souls.
No one could offer better terms or a greater price for betrayal, so the alliance between the Upside-Down Man