Once he was certain he had truly become the strongest being on Earth, and with Solomon still not back, Homelander completely let himself loose.
He no longer suppressed his nature and successfully went back to being the Homelander who did whatever he wanted.
He beat Soldier Boy into submission with pure violence, then forced the truth on him, making the stubborn old man acknowledge him as his son.
Although Soldier Boy had nothing nice to say, only thunderous abuse, Homelander could keenly sense that, deep down, the man had acknowledged his unparalleled strength.
Meanwhile, Butcher had also been working away with Becca every day, and they had conceived a child.
After some maneuvering with both persuasion and pressure, his biological son, Ryan, was also brought to his side.
Homelander experienced the happiest time of his entire life. He had a father and a child!
A father above him, a son below him.
This was the perfect life Homelander had never dared hope for, even in his dreams.
He was at the very pinnacle of his life, enjoying the ultimate in power and the warmth of family.
But just then, Solomon... seemed to have appeared!
Sitting on the sofa, Homelander gripped the genuine leather armrests with both hands, his nails digging deep into the expensive leather.
Truthfully, his feelings were complicated in the extreme.
He was grateful for the changes Solomon had once brought him, but he feared that man's unfathomable methods and oppressive presence even more.
"That was the last vial of First-generation Compound in the world... I've used it all up..."
Homelander murmured to himself, a fine sheen of cold sweat forming on his forehead.
This meant that, on a physical level, he had cut off any possibility of Solomon continuing to research the First-generation Compound.
This was absolute