Recruiting Subordinates.

Maulketh's Soul Marble broke apart and vanished as if it had never existed. And with the main cause of Gotham's curse dead, the city would begin to recover slowly. Now, Maulketh could annihilate the hidden Court of Owls he discovered, but he decided not to.

They planned to bring Barbatos here to the main Multiverse from the Dark Multiverse, and Maulketh was ok with that. He eventually had to kill and eat Barbatos, but that could wait for the moment.

Maulketh was broken out of his thoughts as Grimnar walked past him. His loyal friend looked the same as before in this more diminutive form. A three-headed Cane Corso, with none of his draconic features.

He reached down and ran his hand down the dog's back.

"Come, we have much to do, lots of people to recruit and more to kill. Starting with a certain clown."

Maulketh teleported to the hidden lair of the Joker which was hidden here in Gotham. It was pretty much a giant amusement park made for Joker's dark fantasies. It was riddled with henchmen who kept guard, but Maulketh skipped all of them.

He and Grimnar appeared in front of the Mad Clown in a flash of flames which caused the Joker began to madly laugh just like in all the media he was in.

"HAHAHAHA! Now where have you come f-"

Before Joker could continue, Maulketh reached out and grabbed the mad clown by the neck and ripped off his head with his spine. The Joker was still laughing and smiling even as he lost his head. Maulketh did not even bother to speak to the Clown Prince of Crime.

Suddenly a green mist exited the body of the Joker, but Maulketh simply incinerated the corpse with a thought. He drew the soul of the Joker toward him and held it in his open hand.

When Maulketh read through the memories of the Joker he was instantly assaulted with the minds of hundreds of people. He did not even know which one was the real backstory even after he got done reading through the memories.

"Now that is madness."

He tossed the soul into his mouth and in moments it was ripped apart to draw out the energy of Barbatos by his Concept. The energy of Barbatos was a good fuel for his Concept which made it work even stronger.

As for the memories of the Joker, he had no use for them so his Concept simply cleared them out in seconds. When that was done, Maulketh's Divine Domain spread out through the base of the Joker.

He grasped all the henchmen with his Domain and teleported them into his Soul Marble. At one point it had just been a dream, but now it was a separate Dimension under his full control.

When the hundreds of goons appeared in that terrible place, all of them died instantly. The air itself melted them in instants which was borring. He wanted them to be killed by the natives of his realm, but they were so weak the air killed them.

"Lame."

Maulketh teleported away from the now-empty Amusement Park. He had another stop to make, but this time in Arkham Asylum. He teleported deep into the labyrinth-like sewer system where Killer Croc was kept.

Maulketh was not kept waiting long when Wayland Jones emerged from the waters. Wayland looked nothing like a human other than him being bipedal. He looked like a giant humanoid crocodile or lizard man as he was standing nearly 13 feet tall.

"Wayland Jones, I have come to speak to you. Will you hear me out?"

Maulketh looked human, but to Maulketh, his reptilian genes told him otherwise. In instinct, he took the knee and lowered his head.

"Yes."

Maulketh walked toward Wayland and placed a hand on his scaly chest.

"Look at me."

When Killer Croc did so, he saw into Maulketh's split-like pupils under his sunglasses.

"I have a proposition for you Wayland. I am Maulketh, a Dragon God. I have come to recruit you to work with me, I can give you the power to heal yourself or even evolve into a higher state of being. Into a powerful dragon all respect. Will you work for me?"

Wayland's instincts rarely failed him so he followed them.

"Of course."

"Then gain power, Wayland Jones."

Maulketh bit his tongue from which a drop of his Divine blood flowed out. The drop shot toward Killer Croc's chest and entered his heart. Instantly the reptilian blood of Wayland and the blood of a Dragon God began to fuse.

Maulketh's Domain took effect as he slowly guided the process to help out Wayland to guide the process. Wayland began to glow brightly as his body began to change. He had a great affinity to Maulketh's blood as his own DNA was already reptilian-like.

Wayland's forward hunched posture straightened, he grew a large set of powerful wings, his tail grew larger, and his crocodile-like head became more draconic. His green scales began to darken as heat began to be produced in his lungs.

With Maulketh's help, Wayland's heart through the use of Divine Energy and Mana mutated directly into a Dragon Heart. When the process was over, Wayland Jones stood over 25 feet tall and he now looked like a humanoid Dragon.

When all that power flowed through him he gripped his clawed hands tight.

"I feel unbeatable. I, Wayland Jones, swear to serve my lord."

He kneeled down, which caused Maulketh to pat his shoulder.

"If you want to return to a human form, you just need to practice it. If your contributions impress me, I will give you my very Bone Marrow. For now, I shall home you somewhere safe for you to understand your new powers."

Maulketh transported Wayland into his Soul Marble, where Wayland would be safe. With a thought, a massive mansion appeared in front of Wayland to his size. And the beasts would leave him alone as he was chosen by Maulketh.

Maulketh had several more people to recruit so he and Grimnar teleported to the higher levels. He appeared inside the cell of Victor Freeze. When Victor saw the flames he backed away as he could not survive in warm conditions, but he felt no heat.

When Maulketh and Grimnar appeared in his cell he sat back down.

"Who are you and why have you come?"

Maulketh sat down as alarms were already blaring.

"I am Maulketh, a Dragon God. I have come to recruit you to my side Freeze, I know what you desire most, and I can grant it."

For a moment Freeze perked up.

"You can save my wife?"

"Yes. I can ensure she will never fall sick again. I can cure you of your condition as well, I can swear this through a magical contract. All you have to do is work for me. Will you serve?"

Victor stood up and agreed.

"Yes. Anything to save my wife."

Once he agreed, he was teleported into the same mansion as Wayland, but he was protected from the deadly conditions. Already Maulketh could see armed guards rushing toward him, but with a thought, they were frozen in time.

"No need to worry, you will be fine."

Maulketh walked through the cell and appeared in the next cell which belonged to Poison Ivy. When she saw him and Grimnar enter her cell holding the head of Joker, she smirked.

"Glad someone had the balls to kill him."

Maulketh raised his head and looked at Ivy.

"Doctor Pamala, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I assume you overheard me talking to Victor correct?"

Ivy crossed one of her legs over the other which as she looked Maulketh over. Then she turned to Grimnar who had three heads.

"I did. You say you a Dragon God or something?"

Maulketh stoped smiling. For a split second when she looked into his eyes, she saw Maulketh's true form instead of his human form. Her green skin flushed with cold sweat as she felt the presence of a dragon.

"I don't say, I am. I believe you can be a valuable subordinate. Your Eco-Terrorism comes from a good place, and under Draconic guidance, I can see you truly becoming a powerful Forest Dragon."

Hearing that made her pause.

"A dragon?"

"I can turn those who follow me into Dragons. Dragons can turn into human forms like myself, and your Meta Human abilities powered by magic would be even stronger don't you think? Unless you are afraid of becoming something better."

Poison Ivy thought about it for a while before she agreed. She could learn much from Maulketh and her control of plants could be useful when growing a magical garden.

"I agree."

With that said and done she also appeared inside of the Mansion he created in his reality. Here in Arkahm, few villains were worth recruiting as the real power ones were in Belle Reve where he would have to drop by to recruit more.

But he had a few more he could take up and use for his own. He soon walked through another cell where a Harley Quiin was tied in a straight jacket. When she saw him walk through the wall holding Joker's head she began to laugh like a maniac.

"HAHAHAHAH! HE IS STILL SMILLING! HAHAHAHA."

Maulketh raised the head of the Joker and nodded.

"Yeah, he is. Dr. Harleen Quinzel, would you be interested in joining my marry crew."

"Sure. If Sweet Ivy is with you might as well go me."

Just like before she appeared in front of Poison Ivy, Wayland, and Victor who had gathered in the mansion. They were discussing what they were seeing outside as the sky was filled with beasts fighting.

From Dragons, Phoenixes, giant eagles, demons, and monsters of all kinds. The land was not any different either as monstrous beasts covered the land in a blood bath. But the creatures gave the mansion a fair distance to not offend their master.

Following this, he appeared in another cell where a bipedal bat was hanging from the ceiling.

"Kirk Langtram."

Kirk opened his eyes and landed on the ground.

"Yes."

He had heard everything already so he directly agreed. He could gain much and not lose very much so he agreed. Kirk was instantly teleported into the mansion alongside the others. Once Kirk was recruited, Maulketh then appeared in front of King Shark who was kept in a small containment pool.

The bipedal Shark stared at Maulketh who stood in his pool without getting wet. Even Grimnar was the same, but Maulketh could feel dormant magical powers in King Shark also known as Nanaue

"Nanaue, son of the Shark God, I am Maulketh, Dragon God. I come with a proposal."

Nanaue swam closer and looked down at Maulketh.

"What proposal?"

"Join my team and I promise gains that you have never imagined. I can even aid your father in protecting your oceans. Will you join?"

Nanaue thought about it before he accepted. Helping his father was always what a good son should want.

"Yes."

Maulketh teleported him into the mansion before spreading his senses through Arkahm searching for anyone else worth recruiting. There were some he decided to take by force as he could make use of them. Scarecrow, Amygdala, Clay Face, and Electracutioner.

Once he got his bounty, he dragged them all into his personal dimension. While all his recruited subordinates conversed, he began to walk out of Arkham Asylum. As he walked, Trihexa appeared next to him and Grimnar.

"Got what you wanted?"

Maulketh nodded.

"Yeah, I got some potential recruits and servants. What were you doing?"

"Eating."

Maulketh turned to her.

"People or restaurant eating?"

"Both. Now, give me your blood."

She walked over to him and tried to drink his blood, but he covered her mouth with his hand.

"No, drink your own."

She pushed his hand off and hugged his arm.

"Come on, you have nothing to lose."

"I do have something to lose. My hard-earned strength."

She frowned as he did not want to share the power he gained from Barbatos. That was his prey and he would not share it with Trihexa same with Darkseid when he got to him. But she was relentless.

"Just a few drops."

"I said no."

She frowned as she was being told no. She opened her mouth and tried to bite him through his jacket sleeve, but he pulled his arm out of her hold like a snake.

"No means no."

She scowled.

"Asshole."

"Bitch."

"Fake Dragon."

"Mismatched lizard."

They both continued to insult each other as they teleported back to Wayne Manor. He knew Bruce would be mad at him, but he did not care. He was a Dragon God so why should he obey the rules of humans?

If the Justice League had an issue with him, they could fight him and his army.

(Sigh. Now I want Harley and Poison Ivy in the harem. DC truly is the treasure trove of powers, women, and villains.)