Final Preperations.

Over the skies of Gotham City, two flying figures were locked in a brutal brawl. One of them was Killer Croc. All of Maulketh's minions had been teleported to the center of Gotham City and they instantly got to causing mass chaos.

After their time spent in Maulketh's Dimension, most had reached new levels of power and skill after the brutality of that place. And the newest upgrade to their bloodlines had forced them all to reach new heights of power.

After the initial chaos, most of the Justice League had been sent down to deal with the villains. But that was proving to be a nightmare as Killer Croc, a previously low-level villain was now facing Superman in direct combat.

Just by looking at him, it was obvious to see he had been dragonified. He stood 10 Meters(32 feet) tall and his whole body was covered in dark emerald green scales bordering on black.

He stood upright, but his wings, tail, horns, and spikes made him seem like a bipedal dragon. With a roar that bellowed across all of Gotham, he flew higher in the sky against Superman.

He brought his hands together and smashed them down on him in a brutal axe blow. Superman tensed and raised his arms to block, but the sheer force behind the blow sent him barreling toward the ground.

Superman was launched underground through layers of concrete and rubble. Wayland crossed his scaly arms and waited as Superman blasted his way out of the rubble.

Clark looked at his arms which had several bleeding cuts from the shark spikes on Wayland's arms.

"Get up Superman. I am waiting."

Clark looked up at Killer Croc and flew up as his wounds healed slowly. He may not have a regenerating factor outright, but his healing was much faster than a regular human.

Superman blasted off into the sky and crashed fist-first into Wayland's massive gut. The blow erupted through his body causing Wayland to fly back a bit. Superman continued to land punch after punch, but out of nowhere Wayland's tail stabbed forward and pierced into Superman's thigh.

"AHHHH!"

Potent venom was pumped directly into Clark's bloodstream which immediately made him feel weak and in agony. Wayland ripped his tail out and grabbed Superman by the neck with his giant hand.

He pulled Superman in close and looked him in the eyes.

"You are no god, Superman. Meanwhile, I have been chosen by one. What do you have against that?"

Superman raised his head and looked into Wayland's slit pupils.

"Humanity."

Bright red lasers struck Wayland in the eyes, but without blinking he leaned forward and landed a devastating headbutt. That first blow stopped Superman's lasers, the second made his brain rattle, and the third caused the world to feel weird.

But they did not stop, Wayland's massive scaled skull continued to smash into Superman's head. The sheer force behind the blows caused the blows to echo through the city.

Blood began to spurt and spray over Wayland's scaled head as he was about to beat Superman to death with his head. Wayland pulled his head back and saw the brutalized face of Superman.

With glee, he pulled his head back and even used his Divine Energy to reinforce his skull and muscles. He was going to fully destroy, Superman's head with his own.

"Now you die Superman."

As he pulled his head all the way back, giant green chains wrapped around his body, neck, horns, wings, and mouth. Shazam gripped the willpower constructs and pulled with all his strength causing Wayland to drop Superman who was outcold.

Killer Croc snarled as the League had come to him. He would make sure they regretted their decision.

---

While Wayland fought them in the sky, Harley was currently sneaking away with a tied-up Damian Wayne on her shoulder. She looked a bit odd as big sections of her pale skin were covered in black scales as she hummed a little tune.

As she walked through Gotham watching as her fellow Villans ran rampant causing chaos. As ordered no raping or wanton murder went on, but that did not mean that a little mass destruction was off the table.

She watched as Killer Forst caused Gotham to begin to snow despite it being mid-summer. Live Wire caused the lightning to flash in the sky while Scare Crow caused a miasma of fear to begin blanketing the city.

"Not sure if the boss will like that."

She scratched her cheek as the black scales began to recede showing her pale skin. Damian began to struggle as Harley walked off with him.

"LET ME GO!"

Harley gave him a firm spank causing the young boy to flintch in pain. Harley's enhanced strength caused that to really hurt.

"OWWW!"

"Clam your tits kid. I just gave you a light tap. Now, how to get you to the boss."

Damian squirmed even more.

"WHO?"

"Maulketh."

Damian stopped struggling at that as he remembered the power he showed. Once he took a moment to calm down, he looked up as Killer Croc began to battle Green Lantern and Shazam at once.

He remembered that Harley had kicked in a large side of the Wayne Mansion and slapped aside his father, Batman with one tap.

"Why does he want me?"

Harley stopped walking as Maulketh projected his will through her. Harley's face became stern, as his voice came through her mouth.

"Because I see value and talent in you Son of the Demon. Your father Bruce Wayne betrayed me after I saved his city, and we dragons do not forgive. But you have committed no wrongs against me, and I see you do not believe with his blind belief of no lives taken.

So, I am offering you a chance, to join me. You can help me convince your grandfather and the League to join me. If you reject me, no harm shall befall you, but you won't be returning to Bruce's side. Your loss will pain him."

Damian was only 11, but he had been trained since birth to be a killer. That training did not go away just because he was given over to his father recently.

"I accept."

The moment he said that Harley returned to normal as she shook her head.

"That wasn't very nice Mr. M."

From her back emerged two large black wings which she instantly used to fly toward Maulketh's territory. She had to fly slowly to not kill Damian, and in there Maulketh had portals into his Dimension. Once she arrived she would hand Damian over to him.

While she completed the task he gave her, the remaining Justice League began to descend on Gotham to stop Maulketh's shock troops. Meanwhile, Maulketh continued his rapid consumption of Chaos.

The sheer quantity of energy the Black Hole was drawing was causing problems. By its name, Chaos was actually the total opposite of Tyrrany as one was chaotic and the other was orderly by sheer Tyrrany.

But in that clash of opposites, the Black Hole and environment became the perfect habitat to temper himself. Here, the concentration of Chaos energy was so extreme that it became liquid so he was submerged in an ocean of Chaotic Energy.

Every instant was filled with nourishing pain as his armor, scales, limbs, and even vital organs were suddenly erased only to be regenerated in an instant. His regeneration was being pushed to the extreme which forced him to adapt.

The biggest boon was actually to the Concept of Tyrrany as it was facing its total opposite environment to counter the Chaos around. But despite how much he was adapting, the environmental extremes continued to increase.

The gravity got so bad that solid crystals of Chaos began to form while were blasted by the tyrannical extremes. As a god, Chaos was nonsentient and could barely react to this. But despite the oceans of energy he was consuming, he did not think that he was making a dent.

The energy never seemed to end even with Grimnar and Leman. Despite Ddraig, Gram, and Laevatein who were floating in the sea of Chaos next to him helping him. As Maulketh continued to devour this energy, Ddraig spoke up his thoughts.

[You know, consuming Chaos all in one go might be impossible. Even for you.

Laevatein felt the same. He was devouring big Chaos Crystals that formed on Maulketh's body to refine his blade.

'True. But does it matter, we get all this free food and it makes us stronger.'

As for Gram, the blade merely floated around as it did not yet have the ability to speak. But its intentions were clear to Maulketh who felt it wanted to be stronger to be of use.

[Kid, Maulketh is using a literal Black Hole to draw in as much of the stuff at any one time as he can. Even with all of that, it will take probably decades to absorb all of it. Not to mention he has barely found a few fragments of faded gods.

Even with Leman and Grimnar, me, and you, we will barely make a difference. Chaos as a god, is constantly replenishing his energy and I dare say it's faster than Maulketh's two Dragon Hearts.

If Chaos was sentient, he would probably be strong enough to face Maulketh if not outright win. Good thing he is nonsentient and can barely react to anything.]

Maulketh stirred slightly causing the oceans and crystals of Chaos to shift with his sheer size. If seen from a third point of view, it was obvious that he was growing larger with every regeneration.

It was only a few inches every time as he was forecefully containing his growth causing his growth to be hyper-compressed. He was truly blessed to be the first being strong enough in his world to resist the powers of Chaos.

Otherwise, someone else could have exploited the infinite amounts of energy. He analyzed his growth and found that every second his Concept was growing stronger. He did not know what it would take to turn his Concept into a Law.

Just devoring a lot of energy would not be enough, it took more than just energy. He was lacking something which he would not tell. He raised his head as he tried to think about something.

But it was hard to think when sections of his brain were vanishing every moment only to regenerate the next moment. He had three Fruits of Ascension he kept for his friends, but if he just ate one he might get the answer he wanted.

'No, I will rely on myself this time.'

He closed his eyes as he let himself relax as much as he could in the ocean of Chaos. The pain did not want to let him relax, but he did not let it bother him too much.

'Does not matter really. I will get my answer in time and this is the best boon since my ascension.'

[I agree. We are getting stronger by doing nothing. If only we could hibernate in this place.]

'Agreed.'

Laevatein cut through the ocean before he approached Maulketh's armored head. He began to smash up crystals that formed on his head to eat.

'Yeah, these crystals are yummy.'

Maulketh focused slightly and drained all the energy out of the crystals forming on his body causing them to vanish. Laevatein complained.

'Hey, I was eating that.'

That made him smile as Maulketh increased the strength of the Black Hole to increase the density of the energy. Maulketh checked on his body one last time as he saw how his armor was refined further and further.

He began to notice as his armor began to be covered in different runes, glyphs, and symbols by his Concept which caused a sort of shield to form around him. He made up his mind, he would stay for exactly a month before emerging.

Chaos would be here the whole time and the longer he lasted, the more energy Maulketh could feed on.

---

Meanwhile, Maulketh's harem began to talk to Hephestus who alongside Azazel, Ajuka, and the Dwarves began to process of making the girls their Symbols of power. Considering that Maulketh had opened up a few portals under Mount Olympus and over his Lair, they had access to Maulketh's dimension.

The beasts themselves had supplied them with raw materials from dead creatures, donated metals, minerals, and treasures, and Egdranoth himself had sent his best Demon Smith to aid in the production.

As for Liliana, she was being subjected to the most extreme training that the Demon God forced his Honor Guard to undergo. When she returned to the master, she would be a perfect bride.

But secretly, the Demon King wanted to send his own daughter to join the master's harem. What was he to do?