Looking at Wanda, the Lord of Chaos, who had been forcibly exorcised into another universe by a ritual, Aron shook his head and smiled faintly.
That was his trump card for treating heroes like mere nuisances.
You know how to fight?
Doesn't matter, go fart somewhere far away.
If you get involved, you must have either power or backing.
It doesn't matter whether you're a multidimensional or high-dimensional existence, if you're not a local entity, you're irrelevant.
How strong are you?
"If you're capable of fighting me, you already deserve my respectful gaze."
If the opponent this time hadn't been Wanda from another universe, and if she didn't look like the woman he spent every day with… Aron wouldn't have even considered combat.
He would've just pulled out the exorcism card and that would be that.
Don't forget, I'm open. I'm the one hanging out. If I decide to fight you up close, it's because I'm in a good mood.
If I'm not in the mood… don't provoke me. I can eliminate you in a hundred different ways.
A hundred.
"I don't know if that Lucifer will be able to deal with this Wanda."
Aron glanced at the white light still radiating from the ritual circle and muttered to himself.
---
Meanwhile…
In a lesser-developed DC universe.
Lucifer Morningstar, as usual, was hiding his true power while charming the women of this universe.
Just a moment ago…
Dressed in a white suit, he met a waitress at a café.
And just as he and the sexy blonde girl he'd just met walked out of the café…
Boom — !
The universe ceased to exist.
Literally.
The entire DC universe collapsed!
The girl he was holding hands with disappeared before his eyes like a soap bubble.
Lucifer looked at his palm. The warmth of her touch was still there.
"Was it me..."
Even Lucifer Morningstar couldn't stay indifferent.
"What the hell is this?!"
The Lord of Chaos, Wanda had arrived!
Under normal circumstances, a being from a higher-dimensional existence would suppress its power and send only a projection when entering a lower universe.
But there was nothing normal here.
Because of the forced exorcism, Wanda hadn't sent a projection, she came in person.
Without any reduction in power.
It was her true essence.
The result was clear, the universe imploded!
"You didn't know how to hold back…" Lucifer muttered.
But when he looked at Wanda, whose eyes were spewing crimson fire, he fell silent.
He swallowed the words he was about to speak.
"This Aron..."
"Worse than Satan, damn it!"
At that moment, it all became clear to him.
He knew who had sent this lunatic to his universe.
"Who are you?"
"Are you going to try to stop me too?!"
"Aaaa no, no!!!"
Wanda, faced with the chaos she had just caused, was once again on the verge of breaking down.
Her expression suggested she was about to release some chaos mantra again.
"Wait, wait!" Lucifer halted everything instantly.
"Sorry, I don't deal with problems involving women who have… well, unstable psyches."
"You'd better fix what you caused yourself."
Having said that, he turned around and left the same way he came.
On his way out, he sent Wanda back to her original world.
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"I don't know if that Lucifer will be able to deal with this Wanda."
Aron, still beside the ritual circle, had just finished the sentence when the white light went out.
Barely two seconds had passed.
The Lord of Chaos, Wanda had been returned.
And from the open trans-cosmic portal… Lucifer's head peeked in.
"Buddy, come on, please, if you run into something like that again, don't send it to me! Seriously!"
"I just wanted to hook up with a blonde!"
"What sins have I committed to deserve this?!"
"If you think your Morning Star power is too weak, I'll give you more when I get back!"
"Just don't call me again, don't send me anything, and don't summon me, please!"
Lucifer finished his rant, tossed a fragment of his power to Aron, closed the portal, and disappeared.
---
"…"
Aron hadn't expected Wanda to return so quickly.
He quickly absorbed the new Morning Star fragment that Lucifer had left him.
Then he looked up and there she was, Wanda, Lord of Chaos, freshly returned from her DC adventure.
"Eh… how was the trip?"
He smiled slightly, somewhat awkwardly.
Wanda, after a brief moment of confusion, looked even angrier.
"Are you messing with me!?"
"I will…"
But before she could finish her sentence…
She saw that Aron was pulling out another card.
"I don't have much, except… strong backing."
One card not enough?
Then another!
Alaric activated the exorcism ritual once again.
Only this time, he decided to go with her.
Wanda was forcibly expelled and he voluntarily went through the trans-cosmic portal.
Their journeys were not the same.
She as if tied to the tail of an airplane, and he… in first class.
"Targeting the subject. Destination: Supreme Dimension of the Vishanti."
As soon as the words fell, Wanda was once again caught in the white light.
Together with Aron.
In the next moment… they both arrived.
The dimension of primordial magic.
Not belonging to any known universe.
Here, all mages of parallel universes are connected to the same Vishanti.
A dimension, a pocket universe, above the multiverse.
In a white sanctuary, a familiar figure to Aron was occupied.
"Honored Trinity, you've beaten me and scolded me, just let me go back, I really have an emergency at home!"
It was… Darkseid.
Without his arrogance, without his pride.
Kneeling humbly.
"Your 'emergency', wouldn't that be internal cooperation with Steppenwolf and the attempted invasion of the Marvel universe?" asked Aron, approaching.
Darkseid flinched.
He thought the Vishanti would punish him again.
"How do you know… Damn! It's YOU!"
When he recognized Aron, his eyes turned red with rage.
"You're the one who exiled me here!"
"Because of you I was humiliated!"
"Aaaa!!"
"Darkseid! What are you shouting about again!?"
The Trinity of Magic spoke.
Three pairs of golden pupils, radiant and exalted.
Oshtur, Agamotto, and Hoggoth, the gods of magic, all turned their gaze downward.
Their eyes lit up when they saw Aron.
"Hey, teachers, remember me? I'm a student of the Ancient One's faction."