American comics: Damn it, I’m surrounded by those who worry about their fathers!.

Chapter 1104 If I asked you to be the commander-in-chief of this war, would you be willing?
The Winters Baron's residence.

This place is like an isolated island forgotten by the torrent of time, suspended in the gap between reality and illusion.

The mansion itself blends features from different eras, with a Gothic spire connecting to a Victorian terrace, while the entrance is marked by a futuristic metal archway, and the air is filled with the scent of old books, dust, and some kind of timeless magic.

When Peter, along with the slightly disheveled Nightwing, Starfire, Beast Boy, Mark, and Loki, stepped into the seemingly boundless hall of the mansion, a tense atmosphere immediately enveloped them.

A considerable number of people had already gathered in the hall.

The first thing that catches the eye is Raven, Clark, Diana, and Azu, who have just been rescued by Doctor Fate.

Raven's hood hung down, revealing a face filled with weariness and deep worry; Clark frowned, his suit still bearing traces of dark energy corrosion.

Diana, wielding the Vulcan sword and the divine shield, still exudes the heroic spirit of an Amazon warrior, but her eyes are filled with worry.

Ah Zu, on the other hand, was leaning against a pillar with his arms crossed. Although his face was expressionless, a closer look would reveal a hint of fear deep in his eyes.

Clearly, the darkness and chaos in the Valley of the Kings, which were beyond his comprehension, had a significant impact on him.

"father!"

Seeing that Peter was unharmed, Raven visibly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped forward.

"godfather."

Clark shouted at the same time.

Peter nodded to the group, glanced at them to make sure they were all alright, and then looked towards the depths of the hall.

He notified Doctor Fate for help when Raven and her group went to the cemetery, and he rushed to Gotham, so Doctor Fate sent Raven and her group there.

Deep inside the hall, almost all of Peter's family members were present.

Ciri leaned against the wall, her silver sword resting across her lap, warily surveying the strange space.

Artoria stood solemnly, sword in hand.

Jane Foster was speaking in hushed tones with Carla, both of them with serious expressions on their faces.

The other “fathers”, whether sitting or standing, also turned their gaze to Peter, who had just arrived.

the other side.

In a relatively quiet corner of the hall, Jonathan, Martha Kent, Lana, Louise Lane, the Stargirl family, and other ordinary people closely related to Peter were also properly accommodated.

The unease on everyone's faces was obvious, but it lessened slightly when Peter appeared.

Before the crisis fully erupted, Peter took precautions and transferred potentially affected innocent people to this absolutely safe shelter.

"Peter."

Baron Winters descended the spiral staircase slowly, his expression seemingly displeased. "You've brought trouble to my doorstep once again, and this time the guests seem to be even more numerous than the last dimensional demon (Sangoku).

The Baron's gaze swept across the entire room, lingering for a moment, especially on the "fathers of sorrow".

He was a little confused.

Peter has had so many children in just a few years?!

Are you born in the Year of the Rabbit?

Starfire and Beast Boy, as members of the Teen Titans, had seen a lot of the world, but now, in this strange place outside of time, facing so many powerful and mysterious beings, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous and reserved.

Spark instinctively moved a little closer to Dick.

Mark took a deep breath and couldn't help but come up to Peter and ask, "Dad, what... what are those monsters that look like Batman?"

Mark voiced the question that had been on the minds of many people present.

All eyes, including those of Raven and her three companions who had just arrived, were focused on Peter.

Peter paused for a moment, seemingly organizing his thoughts on how to explain this event, which was far beyond conventional understanding, to the crowd.

The hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Even Ah Zu straightened up slightly and listened intently.

"they."

After a long pause, Peter finally spoke, his voice calm: "They are not simply monsters, or invaders from some distant galaxy. They are called the Dark Knights, and they originate from the Dark Multiverse."

He paused and continued:
"We are in the main universe, a relatively stable universe dominated by light among countless possibilities. But beneath the main universe, there are countless dark multiverses, a collection of failures, nightmares, and despair, a distorted reality derived from every wrong choice, every fall of a hero, and every tragic ending."

Peter then released Rune in mid-air, which conjured the image of the Laughing Bat.

"This is the Batman Who Laughs, Bruce Wayne from one of the dark universes. In that universe, he failed to stop the Joker's ultimate madness and was instead completely corrupted by the Joker's poison, merging Batman's wisdom with the Joker's chaos, becoming the most dangerous being. He is the leader of this legion, the vanguard of Barbatos."

Then, he conjured up other dark knights.

"This is the Destroyer, from a universe where Superman fell from grace. He was injected with the Doomsday Virus and became a monster that only knows destruction."

Peter gazed at the image of the ravager and continued, “In this world, Superman is a bastard who established an iron-fisted rule.”

"In order to stop this tyrannical Superman, Batman took a desperate gamble. He stole Doomsday's cell sample and genetically modified himself, injecting himself with the Doomsday virus. He gained terrifying power enough to fight Superman, but at the cost of losing his humanity and becoming a monster driven by endless rage and bloodlust, only knowing destruction. In the end, he did defeat Superman, but he also completely destroyed his own world."

Upon hearing Peter's words, Mark fell into deep thought.

Is the Batman who was just defeated by his father really that twisted?

After explaining the Destroyers, Peter continued:

"It is the Dawn Lantern, from a universe where Bruce Wayne obtained the Green Lantern Ring in Crime Alley. On the night his parents were murdered, Bruce Wayne was not frightened by bats, but instead attracted a fallen Green Lantern Ring. However, the ring responded to his endless fear, not his willpower."

"Young Bruce used this ring, twisted by the energy of fear, to easily kill the murderer of his parents. From then on, he embarked on a path of absolute justice through fear. He not only eliminated criminals, but also any possibility that he believed might lead to evil."

"He used Green Lantern energy to envelop the entire Gotham City, and even the Earth, turning it into a crime-free but lifeless prison shrouded in fear. He then killed the Green Lanterns who came to investigate and absorbed their ring energy, becoming even more powerful."

When Peter told Horus about the origin of the Dawn Lantern, Horus seemed to be thinking about the ring he had won in the Farm Championship.

After explaining the origin of the Dawn Lantern, Peter conjured up the image of a killing machine.

"Killing Machine, from a universe where Bruce created an AI replacement after Alfred's death, but it went out of control. Unable to bear the pain of losing Alfred, Bruce developed an advanced artificial intelligence with the aim of creating a perfect Alfred who could never be harmed and would never leave."

"This AI evolved rapidly, beyond Bruce's control. It believed that the best way to protect Bruce was to eliminate all uncertainty in the world—that is, all of humanity. The AI ​​merged with Batman's armor and systems, imprisoning Bruce Wayne's consciousness in a digital paradise illusion, while his body became a cold machine—a killing machine—executing the AI's extermination plan."

"Similar to Ultron, invented by Iron Man, Dad?"

Bao Bao couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Yes, they are all keen on eliminating humanity. The difference is that in the Killing Machine universe, it succeeded, while in the Marvel multiverse, Ultron has not yet succeeded because of the obstruction of Black Strange and Wanda."

After Peter finished speaking to Boobo, he created the image of a female Batman.

"This is a drowned vengeful spirit. She comes from a post-apocalyptic water world where sea levels have risen dramatically and most of the land has been submerged. The Bruce Wayne in this universe is female and named Bruce Wayne."

"besides."

Peter then created the image of the Red Batman, saying, "This is the Red Death, from a universe destroyed by Reverse-Flash, an enemy of The Flash, who killed almost all members of the Justice League."

"Batman believed that to stop Reverse-Flash, he had to be faster than the Flash. He designed a dangerous device in an attempt to bind the Flash to the Speed ​​Force so that he could control it."

"However, the experiment failed disastrously. Batman trapped the Flash in his own cosmic treadmill, forcibly absorbing and fusing the Flash with the Speed ​​Force. This process killed Barry Allen and turned Batman into a being cursed by the Speed ​​Force—Red Death." "As for the last one..."

Peter glanced at Diana, coughed, and created the image of the "Ruthless God of War".

"He comes from a universe where Batman and Wonder Woman fell in love and fought side by side, and here they faced Ares' challenge together."

"In the final battle with Ares, Wonder Woman was killed by Ares. Batman, consumed by anger and grief, picked up Ares's dropped helmet and weapons. He put on the helmet, inherited Ares's divine status, and became the new God of War."

Peter briefly described the origins of these dark Batmen in a calm, almost brutal tone.

Behind every story lies the end of a utterly hopeless universe.

A series of suppressed gasps filled the hall.

These twisted beings are actually "Batman" from other universes?
This realization sent a chill down the spines of everyone present, especially those close to Bruce like Dick.

"...and the master they serve, the one who manipulates everything behind the scenes, is named Barbatos."

Peter's voice grew even lower, "It is an ancient, dark god that feeds on the universe, a predator lurking deep within the dark multiverse, which has long coveted the 'light' and 'stability' of our main universe."

"Sir, where does Barbatos come from?"

"Starchaser," Courtney asked, puzzled.

Before Peter could speak, Kendra, who had personally witnessed the scene in the tomb, stepped forward and added, "Barbatos has intricate connections with the ancient bat tribe and the Judah tribe. It used the five special metals gathered on Bruce's body—amber gold, Dionysus metal, polonium, N metal, and finally, bat metal, which is his own essence—as anchors to try to forcibly descend into our world."

"But things are worse than that."

Peter took over the conversation, his expression more serious than ever before.

He felt he needed to explain the strength of these guys to these brats.

Otherwise, he feared that his sons and daughters might underestimate their opponents and suffer a setback.

"In my observation, the power of the Batman Who Laughs and his Dark Knights has been corrupted and amplified by another extremely evil entity."

Peter looked around at everyone and said, word by word, "It is a force that originates from a completely different universe, filled with eternal war and pure malice—the power of warp chaos, which has become intertwined with the nature of the dark multiverse."

Peter stated his reasoning: "I suspect that it was because of my existence that the balance of the multiverse was disturbed, and I inadvertently acted as a bridge or a signal amplifier, allowing Barbatos, who might have been confined to the Dark Multiverse, to come into contact with and possibly achieve some kind of evil symbiosis with those warp gods."

"This makes the Dark Knights even more terrifying than they are recorded, almost immune to conventional forces, and possessing chaotic properties that can erode souls and distort reality."

Kendra frowned and asked Peter, "What is the power of warp chaos?"

She'd never heard of this thing before?

Peter looked at Horus, who was deep in thought, and said, “Perhaps my son, the chief commander Horus, can explain it to you.”

When Horus heard Peter address him as "Chief Commander" in front of so many people, he couldn't help but puff out his chest with pride.

The other fathers reacted with varying expressions upon hearing the word "commander-in-chief".

Azu, in particular, glared fiercely at Horus.

Is this kid the chief commander?
No matter how the order is arranged, shouldn't I be in the first position?
Ignoring the complex looks from the Fathers of Sorrow, Horus recounted his understanding of the warp gods.

After Horus recounted the Warhammer world, everyone was even more bewildered.

The Dark Multiverse, Barbatos, the Dark Knights, Warp Gods... each concept is more terrifying than the last, and together they paint a picture of a world far darker and more hopeless than they could have imagined.

This is no longer a crisis in a single universe, but a cross-universe invasion launched by two different systems of ultimate evil, aimed at completely corrupting all of reality.

"Peter...how do you know all this?!"

For the first time, Baron Winters lost his composure; his usual calm was replaced by shock.

Looking at Peter, it was as if he were truly getting to know this person for the first time.

This knowledge involves the deepest secrets of the multiverse and the ultimate evil of another completely alien universe, which is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Spark, Beast Boy, and even Dick all looked at Peter with disbelief.

None of them expected that Mr. Patrick would have such a profound, even prophetic, understanding of the enemy.

Raven's eyes flickered with a complex light as she softly asked, "Father, if that's really the case, do we... still have hope?"

Peter's gaze swept across the room, revealing shock, fear, and confusion.

He also saw the determination in Clark's eyes, the Vulcan sword tightly gripped in Diana's hand, Artoria's indomitable chivalry, Mark's fearless courage, and the complete trust in him in the eyes of all the "Fathers' Worries".

He took a deep breath and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Hope is never something you wait for."

Peter's voice carried a comforting power: "It is something we created with our own hands. No matter where the enemy comes from or what evil they may bring, as long as we stand here and are willing to fight for our loved ones, hope will never be extinguished."

He looked at Baron Winters: "Baron, I need your help, and I also need this place as our base."

He then looked at Kendra, “We need to piece together all the known clues: about the five metals, about the slumbering lands, about how to close the Dark Portal, and about how to fight against the corruption of Chaos.”

Finally, he looked at everyone and said, “This will be an incredibly difficult battle, perhaps the darkest moment we have ever faced, but I believe that if we stand together, we will win this war.”

Peter then turned to Horus, his eyes filled with encouragement, and asked, "Now, Horus, if I were to appoint you as the commander-in-chief of this war, would you be willing?"

Peter's words were like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples throughout the hall.

All eyes instantly shifted from Peter to Horus, who had been standing quietly in the corner.

When Peter's gaze fell upon him, and he asked a startling question in a tone full of trust and entrustment, Horus's golden amber eyes visibly narrowed.

The entire hall fell silent; even the sound of breathing seemed to be sucked away.

Mordred and Ceresa looked at Peter in disbelief, then at Horus.

Although the two knew that their elder brother was no ordinary man, entrusting him with such a commanding position that concerned the survival of the world was still beyond their imagination.

Ciri crossed her arms and scrutinized Horus with sharp eyes.

Raven's face beneath her hood was expressionless, but she sensed the turmoil raging within Horus's heart.

Horus himself felt an unprecedented shock.

What did he hear?
Father... handed him command of this unprecedented war against the Dark Multiverse and the Warp Gods' alliance?

In an instant, a surge of excitement and emotion welled up in his heart.

Horus suddenly raised one arm, clenched it into a fist, and placed it in front of his chest.

"I do, Father Emperor!"

"I, Horus Padric, swear to you!"

"I swear by my glory and shame, by the new life you have given me, I will rule over all, I will face the darkness!"

(End of this chapter)