Chapter 157

The agents stopped shooting and started coughing heavily.

Kid Flash then ran through the green smoke, grabbed their guns, threw them away, and then punched each of them to knock them out.

On the other side, Raven and Starfire tried to attack Deathstroke again, and they only managed to explode the car as he used the same explosion to get out of their aim.

Robin and Deathstroke exchanged several blows at high speed, defending, attacking, and counterattacking with their katana and staff.

Those who were watching from afar or had no martial skills would think that the two were evenly matched in ability.

However, Deathstroke wasn't using his two swords, which is his more dangerous move, and he was pointing his gun at the other enemies to keep them away.

In other words, Robin only had half of Deathstroke's attention, and even then, he couldn't win.

"Wait, something's wrong, he's too confident!"

Robin warned everyone.

Before anyone could react, Deathstroke pressed a button on his suit and released an electric shock that incapacitated Raven for a moment.

This also threw Kid Flash, who was handcuffing him.

"Sorry, but I always have a backup plan."

Deathstroke remarked and broke free from the energy restraints.

He swiftly regained control of the situation while disarming Kid Flash and using his combat skills to neutralize the nearest threat.

The agents of A.R.G.U.S. took advantage of the chaos to regroup and start firing again.

"BAANG!"

"BAANG!"

The heroes scattered while finding cover behind the vehicles and returning fire.

Now that Deathstroke was fully focused and back in control, he started to move toward the heroes and attack each one of them.

"You should have known better than to trust me so easily."

Deathstroke taunted and dodged Starfire's energy blasts.

The battle heated up as Deathstroke showcased his exceptional combat prowess and took on the entire team with calculated moves.

The agents of the A.R.G.U.S. continued to fire while creating a chaotic and dangerous battlefield.

In the middle of the chaos, Robin analyzed the situation despite being temporarily incapacitated.

He realized that their initial success was because Deathstroke didn't think they were as strong as they were.

Now that the tables were turned, they were up against a strong opponent.

"Team, we need to regroup and come up with a new plan. This won't be easy, but we can't let him win."

Robin shouted to the team.

The heroes retreated while using cover and teamwork to avoid Deathstroke's precise attacks.

Robin came up with a plan to fight Deathstroke's skills and change the course of the battle as they fell back.

The unpredictable nature of the encounter had pushed them to adapt quickly, and the battle was far from over.

Kid Flash had already moved and handcuffed Deathstroke.

At that moment...

"Clap-clap-clap!"

The military helicopter returned while making a low flyover from the left and kicked up dust from the ground.

"Do it!"

Deathstroke shouted.

A cloud of white smoke billowed behind the missiles as they were fired from the helicopter's side.

They flew quickly toward the team and Deathstroke.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Robin shouted to his friends.

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

The missiles hit the ground around where they all were.

The explosion sent up a cloud of fire and smoke while scattering everyone who was defending or trying to escape.

Deathstroke recovered faster than the other heroes despite having the explosion cover his left side of armor in black.

He broke the handcuffs with his brute strength and drew his second sword while running as fast as he could toward his daughter.

Kírix and Aqualad took the lead and attacked him, who were on Rose's side.

Kírix drew his sword from his back, and Aqualad created one with a shield, using water from his back.

Deathstroke wasn't ready to deal with these two.

He knew very well how powerful a demigod could be—his encounters with Wonder Woman had taught him a lot.

The one in front of him was a cub, but a lion is a lion.

However, he wasn't here to kill the cub; he was here to take his daughter, and once he had her as a hostage, the heroes would retreat.

In front of the two heroes, Deathstroke positioned himself between them in a dangerous gauntlet, exposing his back to an enemy.

He knew Aqualad was too honorable to attack an enemy's back from the few hours he had from the little information he had gathered, and from watching videos of these kids fighting on the internet.

However, Kírix was different; he was a complete warrior, so he became Deathstroke's first target.

Deathstroke attacked Kírix while reaching into his pocket, where he had a small sphere containing a compound that was useful for beings with super-senses.

This material had proven quite effective during his encounter with Superman.

Kírix also attacked.

Deathstroke expected to block his strike and throw the sphere in his face when they were close.

However, Kírix's move was strange this time.

He had strength and speed but nothing superhuman, and he didn't seem to have any special skills.

A feint?

Deathstroke wondered while aware of the Kírix's proficiency with the blade.

Then Aqualad also attacked from behind him.

Deathstroke reacted quickly after misjudging a target despite his limited research. He turned around and tried to cut off Aqualad's head.

With no time to process this, he dodged to the left of Kírix's sword and counterattacked to cut him in half.

Deathstroke jumped back to distance himself.

The moment his sword touched the bodies of the two, he knew they were not human.

After cutting through so many, he was well familiar with the sensation of cutting flesh and bone.

However, neither of the two in front of him gave him the feeling of cutting through the flesh; it seemed like they were just bones.

The headless body of Aqualad stood up, unlike the other body. It changed a second later as if a wave had hit it.

Aqualad's body trembled and changed leaving only a skeleton holding an old sword in front of him.

The one on the ground underwent the same transformation.

"She was never here!"

Deathstroke understood this and looked at his daughter, who had also turned into a skeleton.

Magic!

He didn't see this possibility because he was focused on capturing his daughter and did not have much time left.

He knew that Kírix was always the weak link in his group while taking the most damage and protecting everyone else, but he didn't find his withdrawal surprising.

"Let's retreat."

He only had two choices because he knew his daughter was far away and time was running out.

One, he kidnaps one of the Titans to get answers, but that would attract the attention of the entire League and make the mess even bigger.

Two, he retreats and goes back to search for his daughter on his own.

He chose the second option.

The military helicopter approached him to ready to land.

Deathstroke took one more look at the Titans while they were scattered along the road with injuries that were not serious.

"Until the next encounter."

Deathstroke promised.

Then he jumped onto the helicopter, which had not yet landed, and flew away.

...

It's not very much to his liking to stay out of a battle, but this is the best course of action to keep Rose out of danger, and that's the goal.

But it was a tough decision.

Deathstroke needs to be dealt with so that problems don't happen again.

However, Dio knew very well that this was not a simple task.

They left a small town in El Paso using his powers to cover them in darkness and flew to a port in Pasadena.

They are waiting there for the ship that will take Rose to the other side of the world.

Why all this caution?

This is very simple because we were hiding in the dark and running away from the city.

Then A.R.G.U.S. might have figured something out or gotten a hint.

The chances are slim, but it could happen.

So the distraction of making them completely lose sight of them while their attention was on their show was worth it.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Titans were distracting A.R.G.U.S. and Rose's loving father for this to work.

It was easy to summon three skeletons, but it was harder to pull off the illusion.

It is a common skill for magicians to cast one or two illusion spells, as they can be quite helpful in concealing or tricking non-magicians.

It's challenging to deceive a magician with illusions; only a master can do that.

Fortunately, Deathstroke is not a magician.

In fact, Dio didn't use a proper illusion spell.

What he did was wrap the three skeletons with his ectoplasm and then shape them to make them solid.

Dio had to be very patient because he had never done it before, but it worked in the end.

That darn Rose even played and teased him while thinking that her copy had too many perfect details on her body.

Dio couldn't help it if this crazy woman undressed in front of him, and he had complete access to his memories.

"How long will it take?"

Rose asked for the sixth time.

They are sitting at a table in a small restaurant at the port while eating.

The view here is quite beautiful—several vessels close to the ground, some empty, and others loaded with containers filled with all kinds of products.

The smell of the sea is also very pleasant to my senses.

Dio would be relaxed right now if it weren't for Rose's constant questions and the Titans' ongoing battle with Deathstroke.

"Two hours until 'boarding,' and another one for your ship to depart."

Dio replied to her.

Rose is dressed as a man in a long white shirt and black pants.

She dyed her white hair black and concealed it with her cap after cutting it short at face level. She is wearing sunglasses covering one of her eyes.

"Just a little more time; why don't you look at the ships from the surface? They're really strange."

Aqualad said this while looking out the window with great interest.

They are both wearing simple clothes and jackets, glasses, and caps to hide their faces.

"I have no interest in boats, especially now that I know I'll have to spend two weeks locked inside a shipping container like a trafficked woman."

Rose said in a low voice while picking up the plastic cup in front of her and sipping her drink with the straw.

"You know very well that it won't be a simple container."

Dio said to her that she was already a bit upset with the subject.

"True, maybe what's really bothering me is the company I'm forced to have in a container for two weeks!"

Rose gave him her deadly look, which he chose to ignore.

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