I'm the villain in Gotham

Before this, the high priest had never imagined that there was anything that could bring such a great oppressive force to himself just by relying on his eyes.

Of course the true God he is after can do it, but He has not come yet after all; and the high priest himself is a very talented magician, he has only enjoyed the admiration and fear in the eyes of others, and has never experienced such condescension, contempt and coldness gaze.

A look from Eberist made his back dripping with cold sweat. The high priest froze for a moment, then immediately looked away, and asked the low-level priest just now: "How long will Priest Kit arrive?!"

"Uh, uh... my lord, he..." the low priest hesitated, which made the high priest suddenly have a bad feeling: "What's wrong with him?"

"I can't get in touch with Priest Kit," said the low-ranking priest with sweat on his face, "The link of spiritual power has been cut off, my lord, you, you say, could it be..." He glanced at Erberist For a moment, and then retracted immediately, the meaning is quite obvious.

"How can it be—" the High Priest's voice stopped abruptly, and then there was a chill of fear rolling from his back.He hasn't figured out why Erberist found this space, but if he has been looking for the church during this period of time, then their behavior of using magic to restrain sacrifices must not escape his eyes, maybe a certain sacrifice Pin was manipulated by him, maybe Constantine and another magician guided him, or maybe it was Batman...

No, damn it, never mind those possibilities.The problem now is that he is already here, and he is about to make their nearly hundred years of preparation fall short!

The high priest looked in the direction of Erberister again, and from the twisting tentacles he saw that the dark creature was walking towards him step by step.The magic tentacles that could tear apart everything were erased by him effortlessly. Although the pace of progress was a little slow, it seemed to be easy to handle, as if he was just playing with a mouse, enjoying the fear brought to human beings, rather than straightforward killing .

The other three humans were also under his protection, and began to slaughter the tentacles in their own ways.Since the tentacles all hit the thin protective layer made by Eberrist and covered the body surface, not only were the three of them unscathed, but their attacks became even more violent while giving up their defenses.

Although the tentacles constantly growing from the ground seem endless, the high priest is very clear that he is consuming their foundations. Once the magic power contained in the magic circle is used up, the last barrier protecting the altar will disappear. The whole space will also collapse in a short time.Not to mention that the day of the coming of the true god has been postponed for an unknown number of years. With the brutality shown by Erberist, it is still unknown whether they can keep the fire.

The situation was too severe, and the sacrifices that had been prepared were probably useless. The high priest gritted his teeth, seeing the evil/religious believers who had gathered on the altar one after another due to the raging tentacles, and made a made a difficult decision.

"True God believers," he cleared his throat, and used magic to make his voice spread throughout the altar. The evil/religious believers who were panicked by the appearance of Erberist and his party looked at him one after another: "As You see, in this day of the coming of the true God, the enemy of the true God, in order to prevent it from happening, has sent his evil hands to interfere and destroy our altars, so that his insidious schemes can be successful. Tell me, believers of the true God Guys, can you let this happen?"

"No! Never!!"

The cult/believers who said these words were full of enthusiasm and righteous indignation, and the eyes they looked at Erberist and others changed from the fear just now to anger.

Constantine cut off a tentacle with a golden magic light blade, and he was speechless when he heard this: "...So they really don't know that they are cult members?"

Surrounded by many cultists, the high priest continued: "Just now, when we were making final preparations for the coming true god, these evil enemies have quietly stolen the sacrifices dedicated to the true god. Even the Priest Kit, who kept the offerings, has been killed—"

"Oh my god, Priest Kit has already..."

"what--"

"High Priest, is this true?!"

Hearing that their companions were killed, the expressions on the faces of the cultists became even more ferocious.Facing their increasingly hostile eyes, several of them felt at a loss.

"So what exactly is he trying to do?" Zatanna waved her magic wand and said strangely: "Instigating the evil/religionists to fight us? But they are obviously not opponents."

Not to mention Erberist, there are only three of them left now. This group of ordinary people who don't know magic and have no training are not enough to fight. It is a little more troublesome for a few priests, but they add up. To ten people, it is not useful at all in this situation.

"This is a bit strange, we have to be careful." Konstantin frowned, looking at Batman who was holding two folded bat-shaped blades: "Can you make your move faster? That damn priest can't You're out of your mind, and you're saying such a lot of nonsense...Damn it, why can't this group of tentacles always be cut off?"

On the way to rescue Constantine and Zatanna before, just in case, Erberist attached his own magic to all the props on Batman, making them temporarily effective against magic Magical artifacts, now they come in handy.Batman cut off a cluster of tentacles with the bat knife halfway through, and watched them writhe wildly after losing their heads, and then disappeared into the air as a puff of black mist.But the tentacles growing from the ground immediately took over the previous positions, and Batman could only move a small step forward in this extremely short gap.He looked at the back of Erberister not far away, and suspected that he didn't rush to attack the high priest just to accommodate them.

The fact is indeed the case. Erberister suffered from the evil/cult magic once before, and he dared not let himself be too far away from Batman.On the surface, he looked easy and calm, but in fact, he had doubts about the behavior of the high priest. It was only because he valued Batman's safety that he overwhelmed everything else, so he didn't take any action for the time being.

During this brief hesitation, the high priest continued: "According to the plan, we should have started the sacred summoning ceremony at this moment, but the sacrifice was stolen and the sacrifice could no longer be completed. But our enemies are still not far away. , now we still have the blessing of the true god, temporarily blocking their footsteps; but the true god cannot protect us for the rest of our lives, so what should we do then?"

These words successfully made the cult/believers hesitate, showing hesitation

Speaking of this, the high priest finally showed his true face, and said with righteous words: "Dear believers, this is an excellent opportunity to show your loyalty and belief—didn't you still want to stand up before?" Go up to the altar and get the glory of welcoming the return of the true God? Now is your chance! Come up quickly and get on the altar, the true God will reward the most devout believers with eternal life!"

"...What the hell?" Constantine almost suspected that he had an auditory hallucination: "He wants believers to serve as sacrifices, is he crazy?!"

These people have been in the cult for so long, who doesn't know the consequences of being a sacrifice?The blood in their bodies will be drained to describe the magic circle for summoning the evil god/god, and the soul will be used to become the one that communicates the evil god and this space...and so on.

Could this be the "glory to welcome the return of the true God" that the high priest said? ? ?

The next moment, Constantine's premonition came true. Hearing that he could obtain eternal life, all the cultists flocked to the location of the sacrifice like crazy.As if fearing that others would snatch the spot, they scrambled forward and pushed others back.

The scene was extremely crazy and funny-hundreds of people were chasing each other, trying their best, just to fight for the position of being one step ahead of death.

Zatanna's eyes widened in disbelief: "They're really crazy... what kind of eternal life is that?"

Those who can run up to the altar are those who ran fast and were close to the altar just now, and a small number of them are still in the magic circle. Although the tentacles will not harm the evil/religionists with the mark of "True God" on their bodies, but They were still unable to move an inch.Seeing that all his colleagues have obtained positions on the altar where they can gain honor, these people are so jealous that they move desperately towards the altar regardless of the difficult situation.

The brows under Batman's hood were frowned, and he threw a bat rope at the two cultists.The feet of the cultists were tied together, they couldn't stand stably, and they fell to the ground immediately.

While cutting off the tentacles, Batman threw bat ropes or other gadgets that could trap them in place to the cultists around him, and gave a succinct order: "Save people."

Needless to say, Zatanna has already done this.She used the inverted language magic to make the disciples fall to the ground or fell asleep, and took advantage of the gap to complain: "Are these people stupid? They even believe such a clumsy lie."

"It should be said that the brainwashing is more thorough. As I said earlier, don't believe in those sects that look weird. The ghost knows what he wants to get from you. It may be money or power. These people are the worst They're going to kill them." Constantine used magic to brutally stun the cultists, and even found time to light a cigarette for himself.Unlike Zatanna and Batman, he actually doesn't care about the life and death of this group of cultists. If it weren't for preventing the evil god from being summoned, and everyone would suffer together, he would be quite happy to see this group of people die— —It will save him from dealing with the aftermath.

And—Constantine shifted his gaze to Erberist.Erberist, he believed, thought as he did.

Just as Constantine thought, Oberister didn't think it was a problem to kill a few cultists at all.His actions are straightforward and his purpose is obvious - as long as he subdues a few magic priests, the group of evil/religious believers will not be rewarded by the true god, if he can be taken into the police station unconsciously, he will be considered a loser.

All of a sudden, the dark magic on Erberister's body soared, and the surrounding tentacles withered wantonly, and the tentacles on the ground turned into black mist under the extreme oppression before they grew.He temporarily let Batman get out of his sight, strode towards the altar, stepped on the ground with the soles of his feet, and left black footprints one by one, the strong dark aura attached to them made the tentacles reappear. Can't grow either, howling out of the way.

There were enough people on the altar, and the high priest immediately joined several priests to stand in his place and began to chant the incantation.Distorted black mist emanated from behind them, and the summoning circle carved on the altar immediately emitted an ominous black light.

Suddenly, an overwhelming dark aura came, and the power in the magic circle that trapped Erberister and others disappeared suddenly.The high priest turned his head to look, and saw that Erberist had come to the edge of the magic circle. The road he walked was like Moses dividing the sea, and no tentacles dared to wreak havoc here.

Facing the cold golden vertical pupils again, the wrinkles on the High Priest's face trembled, his eyes flicked past the three of Batman, and he made up his mind to fight to the death.

He communicated with the magic circle again, and most of the magic power stored in it surged wildly. The tentacles beside Batman and the others were nourished by a lot of magic, and suddenly became stronger, and the black magic shield on his body immediately cracked in the attack.

The High Priest bet that Erberister would not let them go, and sure enough, the dark creature paused in its advance and turned its head in Batman's direction.

Batman happened to be standing not far from him, his pupils shrank when he saw this, and he immediately shouted: "Leave this alone!"

His reminder was late.

With just a moment of hesitation and delay, the summoning circle on the altar has taken shape.Regardless of their own lives, several priests tried their best to overdraw their magic power and soul, and finally vomited blood, fell to the ground and died.

Their magical blood inspired the summoning circle, and the distorted black light that caused fear and disgust surged up, and the cultists standing in the magic circle fell to the ground in an instant.The corpse was pressed against the corpse, and blood poured out from everyone, soaking the clothes of the people below them, converging into a blood-red stream, and finally gathering on the altar, it automatically merged into the magic circle, making the lines change. It became a mixture of black and red, and it looked even weirder.

Erberist frowned, stepped out of the territory where the tentacles were raging, and then teleported to the side of the summoning circle, his fists wrapped in the original magic power, and slammed on the rising black light.

At this moment, black collided with black suddenly, the black light twisted and howled silently, and a series of ripples oscillated continuously on the light curtain.Erberist took two steps back from the impact, his arm ached.

Those priests who died to activate the summoning circle showed their other value at this moment.Perhaps it is the special magic system of this church. When in Gotham, the cultist disguised as a school bus driver could curse Erberist with his soul, causing him to be entangled by tentacles and trapped in an inextricable illusion... These few The priest is far more sophisticated than his magic attainments, and the magic released by his sacrificed soul is even more powerful, and he can actually bless the summoning circle to such a strong point, even if Eberrist, who has eliminated all negative effects, cannot use the original power It is also difficult to shake with one blow.

The high priest floated in the center of the magic circle, still presiding over the summoning magic.Just when Eberrist was preparing to charge up the attack, the blood of the cultists had already covered the entire pattern of the magic circle, and the white smoke twisted and steamed upwards. After a closer look, it was discovered that it was the dead cultivators. /The souls of the followers.Their mouths and eyes are like three torn black holes, their faces are twisted and deformed, and their arms are raised up as much as possible, as if they are still yearning for the mercy and blessings of the true God.

The finger of the soul at the top touched an invisible gate, a barrier that can only be touched by the invisible soul.

The next moment, the souls connecting the barrier and the magic circle seemed to become a bridge connecting the two worlds. The loose white mist was solidified into a whole, and the souls screamed harshly, trying to struggle to get out of it. , but it is irreparable.

The high priest looked straight at the place where the fingertips of the top soul touched, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.His mission has been completed, and he staggered out of the protection range of the summoned magic circle.

But now Erberist had nothing to do with him.

A piece of black mist slowly appeared in mid-air, spinning and stretching, slowly pulling into a huge vortex.This scene is like a doomsday epic, the sky is dark and chaotic, and the light has disappeared without a trace, as if even hope has been swallowed up, falling into a hopeless desperate situation in the world.

The next moment, something seemed to break through the mist, but it wasn't light, but a deeper despair.Under everyone's gaze, an extremely huge and thick tentacle protruded from the black vortex. If the tentacle summoned by the high priest was a thick vine growing on the rock wall, then this tentacle is like growing hundreds of It is hard to imagine how huge the tree itself is.

The suction cup on it, with sticky water stains, penetrated the soul bridge connecting the two spaces, causing countless screams of pain and panic in the soul, and touched the magic circle carved in blood.Suddenly, a distorted black mist spread.

Eberrist understood that the vortex was connected to another space, so he didn't bother to entangle with that tentacle. As long as he broke through the defense of the summoning circle, he could destroy the magic circle, and then fundamentally prevent the tentacle from attacking. The master truly descends.

But what is desperate is that the arrival of the tentacles seems to have strengthened the defense of the magic circle, and the darkness was gathered and solidified into sharp spikes by Eberrist, but this only made it crack a small gap, far from completely When it breaks open.With a squishy and wriggling sound, another tentacle appeared on the other side of the vortex.

The three of Batman have broken through the harassment of the tentacles and came to the altar, but no one has a better solution, whether Batman has been blessed by magic, Zatanna can exert the strongest attack Li's inverted language magic, or Constantine's strange magic weapon, can only pry open a small opening on the basis of that gap, but can't do more.

The situation reached a stalemate, and Erberist was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and aimed at the three Batmen, preparing to send them back to London.He is not afraid of going to war with this unknown evil god, he only cares about Batman's safety.

Realizing his thoughts, Batman's white goggles widened immediately, and he grabbed Erberister's wrist: "No!" He rarely showed clear irritability, and his brows were furrowed: "I'll think of something else way, you can't-"

"Shh...don't do this, Batman." In this terrifying scene that seemed to be coming to the end of the world, Erberist's voice softened, reminding Batman of the peace and patience he had when he listened to his lectures when he was a child. Warm words, thinking of his raised lips in the sun, shimmering lips: "Trust me."

"I will protect the world."

I will protect you.

"I'll come back safe and sound."

I will live to see you.

"Now, go back." Erberist and Batman looked at each other anxiously, the corner of the mouth under the mask seemed to smile, and the hand held by Batman glowed with black light, and instantly expanded into a Teleportation array.

"No." Batman gritted his teeth: "You don't want to—"

"What are you doing?"

A green light suddenly lit up from behind Eberrist, and then, a green magic pattern appeared on the outer barrier of the summoning circle, slowly rotating counterclockwise, and then stopped.

Urberist turned to see Doctor Strange floating in the air, his levitation cloak unfurling behind him like a red wave.Doctor Strange was raising his hand, with a magic pattern on his wrist that was exactly the same as that on the outer barrier of the summoning circle, and the Eye of Agamotto on his chest was emitting a dazzling green light.

"...Nothing." Urberist heaved a sigh of relief, and Batman's hand that was tightly grasping his wrist finally let go: "It was a great help, Doctor."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the gap that he had finally pried open just now, and the dark fireworks condensed and rose in the palm of his hand.

"No—!" Seemingly aware of what Erberist was going to do, the high priest screamed and rushed towards him.

Batman snorted coldly, and stood sideways in front of the High Priest, then clenched his fist and slammed his side face hard.

The high priest spat out two bloody teeth, fell to the ground with a whimper, twitched twice, and passed out.

Black flames emerged from the palm of Erberist, and spread along the cracks to the entire barrier of the protective summoning circle in an instant. After being stopped by Doctor Strange for a period of time, the magic factor on it was no longer active, and it was easily destroyed by Erbest. Belister burned.He flicked his fingers upwards, and the flames moved his fingers like arms, and immediately licked the solidified soul bridge in the center of the summoning circle.

With the disappearance of the bridge, the connection between the two spaces weakened, and the vortex above the summoning circle slowly shrank.The evil god's tentacles hesitated for a moment, and began to slowly retract upwards.

Seeing this scene, Constantine breathed a sigh of relief: "It's too timely, brother." He walked to Doctor Strange and patted him on the shoulder quite vigorously: "But what did you do before? If you Come here sooner, we won't be in such a mess."

Before Doctor Strange could speak, the levitating cloak was slapped back fiercely, and Constantine hissed violently as punishment for disrespect to the Supreme Sorcerer.

Doctor Strange coughed lightly, not ashamed to say that he was lost.If it weren't for Sherlock's instruction before he left, he might really not be in time.

When it gets out, he will be ashamed. The Supreme Mage let the evil god descend on the plane he guarded because he lost his way?He will make the other Supreme Mage laugh to death.

Zatanna also came to Doctor Strange: "Anyway, I am very happy to work together this time, Master." She suggested: "Let's have a drink together in a while? How about going to the No Door Bar, Monaco mentioned It seems that you are also his customer."

Batman looked at Erberist, and shook his head not too obviously, obviously dissatisfied with his tough style just now.

Erberist whispered, "Sorry."

Batman looked at him angrily.He fully believed that the real meaning of Erberist's apology was: I made a mistake this time, but I will dare to do it next time.

Seeing the joy of the three magicians over there, Batman also lowered his voice, dissatisfied: "Can't you trust me?"

Erberister smiled slightly: "Of course I do."

Batman choked on him and didn't speak.He had too many things he wanted to say to Erberister, but this place was obviously not a good place for a heart-to-heart talk, so he simply went back to work and looked at everything around him.

To be honest, this experience was beyond Batman's expectations. He came with the purpose of destroying the headquarters of a cult/religious organization. He didn't expect to meet the day when they summoned the evil god, and finally almost experienced a life and death.Almost all the cultists who were about to be arrested and brought back to justice were wiped out, and few of them were still alive. Fortunately, the biggest culprit, the High Priest, was still alive. Batman had already figured out how to investigate his identity, and how to hand him over. To S.H.I.E.L.D.

The High Priest, who was thrown behind Erberister and fainted on the ground, slowly opened his eyes at this moment.

He saw the burnt and broken bridge of soul, and saw that it was all taken back, leaving only a little black vortex that had not faded away. Thinking of his life's efforts and expectations, he couldn't help but shed muddy tears.

The high priest moved on the ground, and found that he was tied with a black rope at some point, probably belonging to Batman, but it didn't matter anymore, he didn't care about anything anymore, and was going to take advantage of everyone's attention. When he didn't put it on himself, he used the last bit of magic to end the remaining life.

Suddenly, something pierced between his legs.

There was a hint of doubt on the high priest's exhausted and insensitive face, which suddenly turned into ecstasy.

He raised his eyes and looked at the black vortex where he could vaguely see a little sign, stretched out his trembling fingers, and quietly took out the things in his pocket.

Batman was still immersed in his own thoughts, and Erberist watched him intently, with an unconcealable smile in his eyes.

Suddenly, Batman felt a flash of red light flickering in his peripheral vision, he immediately came back to his senses, and looked behind Erberist fiercely.

I saw the high priest who had been knocked unconscious by him just now woke up at some point, holding a red gem in his hand tied to his side, with a crazy expression, staring fiercely at Eberister's back: " I curse you with my soul—"

Batman was stunned, and immediately rushed to Erberist: "Be careful!"

The ruby ​​came out of the high priest's hand in the next moment, and shot straight at Erberist like a hidden arrow, accompanied by the high priest's frantic scream: "Your soul will build a bridge for the lower realm of the true god, Your body will become a slave of the true God!"

Erberist felt the malice behind him, the gem seemed to lock him, and for a while he couldn't think of a way to avoid it.Immediately afterwards, Batman pounced on him, pinning Erberister to the ground before he could catch him off guard.

The ruby ​​that was about to touch Erberist's back hit Batman's forehead directly, and the hard bat mask seemed to be nothing in front of it. Erberist watched it sink into Batman's body, his eyes widened violently up.

All of a sudden, countless memories, real and phantom, all came to him.He hugged Batman's corpse again, blood trickled down his fingers, and the blood-stained cape wet his clothes.

A sharp voice asked, "Why didn't you save him?"

"Why did you neglect your duty and act slack?"

"Why did you just watch him die in front of you?!"

Erberister couldn't remember whose voice it was, but it seemed deadly familiar.He was at a loss, trembling all over, the voice rang in his ears again and again, finally, Erberist remembered——

—it was his own voice.

He questioned himself over and over again: Why didn't I follow up?Why didn't I save him?Why did I just watch him die?

No, no, he felt pain and despair.

I can't watch him die anymore, it's going to drive me crazy—

Erberist's eyes were flushed, and he looked at Batman, who was still pressed against him with his eyes closed, feeling his soul being gradually pulled out of his body: "I will never—"

He lowered his voice, his voice seemed to be mixed with blood, and he spat out words one by one against the root of his teeth: "I will never——"

A thick black mist suddenly burst out from him.

……

The three magicians not far away were stunned by this sudden scene.

They only heard the high priest's curse, and saw Batman rush up, a red light sank into his body, and then a strong dark breath erupted, making it impossible to see.When the black mist dissipated, I saw Erberist and Batman lying on the ground, and the high priest who cast the curse had already passed away.

"—Damn it." Doctor Strange cursed in a low voice, and quickly came to the side of the two, stretching out trembling fingers to check their condition.

"Oh, my God." Zatanna rushed to Batman's side in two steps, her eyes were red: "I shouldn't...I shouldn't be so far away from him."

"Calm down, Xiao Zha." Constantine held her by the shoulder: "You don't know what will happen, besides, it was supposed to be aimed at Erberist, even he-"

He stopped suddenly.

Realizing that something was wrong, Zatanna and Doctor Strange immediately raised their heads and looked in front of him.

A person suddenly appeared there. Originally, no one should appear in this place—but he was there.The strange man was not far away, slowly walking towards them.

"You...it's you." Constantine's lips twitched, and then he looked at Batman: "So the red one just now...you came for it?"

The man nodded slightly, with a strange voice: "Meet you again, Constantine." He said: "Something has changed - I came here to take it, but now, it is broken. "

He shook his head, then stepped forward to stand next to Batman and Erberister, and disappeared as suddenly as he had come.

……

After the gem sank into his forehead, Batman fell into a coma.In his coma, he seemed to have a dream, but quickly forgot it.

When he woke up again, he opened his eyes and thought for a moment that he was still in a dream.Everything in front of me was distorted and strange, as bizarre as Van Gogh's paintings, and as weird as children's paintings.Seagrass grows in the desert, whales fly in the sky, and beside the garden is the bottomless sea. The two are clearly separated, as if separated by an invisible barrier.There are several suns, moons and stars in the sky at the same time, and one of the moons is still red.

Batman supported the ground and stood up from the ground, only then did he realize that what he was lying on was actually a piece of marble carved with gorgeous decorations.

He didn't see Erberister's figure, and planned to look behind him, but when he turned around, he was shocked by what he saw.

It was an endless darkness, with no end in sight.Faint edges and corners protrude from the darkness, like strangely shaped building cornices, or sharp scales of some creatures.This dark and grotesque Van Gogh painting is abruptly spliced ​​together, just like day and night exist at the same time.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "Welcome, Batman."

Batman was taken aback. He didn't hear any sound, so he turned around immediately and looked at him warily.

He was a tall man, very thin, with pale skin, and a mop of black hair that looked unkempt.The whites of his eyes are pure black, but the two eyeballs are like bright stars. He is wearing a black robe with a hem that gradually turns fiery red, dragging behind him for a long time, like dragging a piece of flame. Transformed faces.

This person's attire is so strange, coupled with the obviously unusual scene here, Batman can't help but make a guess: "You are the master of dreams."

"It is indeed me." Sandman nodded, with a faint smile on his face: "Long time no see, you have changed a lot."

Batman was silent for a moment, not remembering where he had seen him before.

His reaction seemed to be expected by the Sandman. He didn't continue the topic, but turned to the reason why Batman was here: "You were hit by a red gem, so you were taken into a dream. Middle. It was originally one of my three artifacts, my moonlight ruby, which was stolen many years ago. I originally wanted to come here to retrieve it, but unexpectedly, it was tampered with by them and could be used by mortals .”

As he said that, he glanced at Batman: "The moonlight ruby ​​originally contained most of my power, but after it was tampered with, I, the master, couldn't use it. But fortunately, you smashed it for me, those powers Back in my body again, I can once again control my kingdom."

Batman frowned: "That's not what I did."

"Yes, it's not you, I know." The Sandman nodded, "It's Erberist."

Unexpectedly, Erberist was still brought in, Batman became worried, but it was not obvious on the surface: "It seems that he is not here, do you know how I can get out?"

"No," the Sandman, unexpectedly, denied him, "he's right behind you."

"My body..." Batman was taken aback for a moment, then immediately turned around, and the overwhelming darkness came into his eyes again: "This is him?!"

"Yes." The Sandman said, "It seems that someone has cast a curse on my gemstone. He transformed it from your body and placed it in his own body."

Watching Batman's nervously pursed lips, Sandman smiled and said, "But at the same time, this magic also shattered the Moonlight Ruby, which made the curse invalid."

Batman asked: "If this is the case, why is he like this again?"

"Maybe he was having a nightmare." Sandman said, "Before you woke up, you were also dreaming. It's just that his dream was longer. According to you humans, this may be called a nightmare." He said. With his thumb resting on his chin: "To be honest, I rarely see such a dream, he even dyed my country black..." He muttered unhappily: "Even if it is the incarnation of darkness, this is not enough. It amazes me too much.”

Batman really wants to know what Erberist's nightmare is, which involves some past events that he doesn't want to mention with Erberist, but always reminds and tortures himself in his heart.He didn't want to ask about the specific situation of the Sandman, so he could only ask: "Then when will he wake up?"

"I don't know. He is the dreamer, not me," said the Sandman. "It's up to him when he wakes up."

Batman showed a look of disbelief: "But you are the master of dreams."

The implication is, can't you wake him up?

The Sandman smiled: "Others can, but he can't." He believed that Batman could understand what he meant: "Come on, Batman, I'll send you back to the real world."

Batman asked, "Can I wake him up outside?"

The Sandman said, "I'm sorry, but it's not going to sleep like usual, I'm afraid not."

"Well, no," Batman refused, "I can't go out with you."

"You want to stay here and wake him up?" Sandman raised his eyebrows, "This is not something that can be done easily." After finishing speaking