Homelander: New Legacy

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The source of the shouting was quite far from Roger's current position, but fortunately, his flight ability had partially recovered.

Although he couldn't achieve supersonic speeds yet, covering such a short distance didn't take him long.

Upon arriving at the location of the shouting, Roger finally saw the "monster" in question.

It had wings on its back, a metallic, armor-like skin, glowing red eyes, and a headpiece resembling a helmet that seemed fused with its skin.

"Parademons? Why are Parademons appearing here?!"

Without a doubt, the creature before him was a Parademon from the DC Universe!

At this moment, the inexplicably present Parademon was madly chasing a young couple.

The pair, who looked like students, were sprinting hand-in-hand down the alley, shouting loudly for help. The cries Roger had heard earlier came from them.

Unfortunately, it was late at night, and there weren't many people around. The nearest patrolling police car was two blocks away, so there was almost no one to respond to their desperate cries for help—except Roger.

Seeing the Parademon, Roger descended straight from the sky, landing right in front of it.

The fleeing couple in the distance stopped, the boy clutching the girl's hand tightly. With wide eyes, he exclaimed, "Holy crap, it's Superman!"

Though Roger wasn't wearing his battle suit, his dramatic descent from the sky and the Parademon's presence instantly made the boy think of Superman.

....

Being a fan of DC movies, the boy naturally recognized the creature as a Parademon.

In fact, he had initially approached the alley out of curiosity, thinking the "cosplay" was remarkably lifelike.

It wasn't until he got closer that he realized—this wasn't cosplay. It was the real deal.

Panicked, he grabbed his girlfriend and ran for their lives, shouting for help.

The boy had resigned himself to dying tonight. But now, having encountered both a Parademon and Superman in one night, he felt a glimmer of hope.

Well… this had to be Superman, right?

"What are you waiting for? Run and call the police!"

Standing in the shadows, Roger ensured the boy couldn't clearly see his face and shouted at him.

The boy quickly snapped out of it, grabbed his girlfriend's hand, and turned to run.

"Superman, hang in there! I'll bring reinforcements!"

"...?"

Watching the young couple disappear into the distance, Roger was left with a head full of question marks.

Hang in there?

Who's hanging in there?

As this thought crossed his mind, Roger punched the Parademon to the ground, tore off its wings, and twisted its neck with a swift motion.

The entire sequence of actions was seamless—from grabbing the Parademon to snapping its neck, it took less than two seconds.

If he hadn't wanted to avoid letting the young couple witness the grisly scene, Roger might have stomped the Parademon to death the moment he landed.

Holding the Parademon's neck, Roger flipped its body over and examined it closely, but found nothing unusual about it.

Narrowing his eyes, he tossed the corpse aside and took off, heading toward Luna's current residence.

Since the Parademon had already been seen by others, taking the body away served no purpose.

Moreover, its appearance likely wasn't an isolated incident. More Parademons might appear in the future, so Roger needed to ensure this world was prepared.

Handing over the Parademon's body to the authorities was the best course of action.

Perhaps they could glean some insights from its remains. As a creature from Apokolips, its armor and biology might provide clues about the planet's technology.

As for why he was going to find Luna now, Roger suspected that some of the character settings she had added might have triggered the Parademon's appearance.

Rather than logging into a website to confirm his suspicions, it was more convenient to ask the creator directly.

After sending a message to Luna saying, "I'll be there soon," Roger turned off his phone and flew toward her home.

Since her rented apartment had been burned down, Luna had returned to her family home. However, unlike before—when her older brother frequently annoyed her—she now at least didn't have to worry about that pest bothering her.

Luna's family home was on the outskirts of the city. Roger flew for quite a while before arriving and knocked on her window.

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound startled Luna, who immediately pulled back the curtain.

Seeing Roger hovering outside, she sighed in exasperation, then quickly opened the window and screen, saying, "Get in here! Even though it's nighttime, what if someone takes a picture of you?"

"It's fine. People have already seen me."

"???"

A string of question marks seemed to pop above Luna's head.

Roger climbed in through the window and explained, "I just encountered a Parademon outside. I had to step in to save someone, but don't worry—they didn't see my face."

"A Parademon? Wait, why would a Parademon appear in the real world?!"

Catching the key detail in Roger's words, Luna asked in shock.

"That's what I want to know," Roger replied. "What settings did you upload for me?"

"You think it's because of my settings? That's impossible!"

Luna immediately denied it.

Even if the settings she uploaded gave Roger new abilities, it seemed absurd that they could directly manifest entities like Parademons. If that were the case, Luna joked, she might as well set Roger up as an omniscient, omnipotent god.

Then he could instantly resolve threats like Darkseid or a cosmic crisis with a single breath.

Roger added, "I find it unlikely too, but I wanted to confirm. What exactly did you add to my character?"

Turning to her computer, Luna opened her design software and replied, "I only added minor things. For example, your exposure to the Infinity Stones gave you limited access to their powers. Look!"

She showed Roger the new character settings. Roger leaned in to examine the six new designs Luna had created.

To avoid deviating too far from the original character concept, her additions were conservative.

For instance, while Roger could use the powers of the Infinity Stones, he needed to have the Stones physically with him. Additionally, using their abilities would weaken his other powers.

For example, if he used the Space Stone's abilities, he couldn't fly.

If he used the Mind or Soul Stones, his invulnerable body would temporarily lose its durability.

Among these settings, one stood out: the ability to open spatial portals with the Space Stone.

Roger pointed at this and asked, "Could this setting have caused the Parademon to appear?"

"Impossible!"

Luna denied it vehemently. "Even if the settings influenced reality, the effects would depend on popularity. Look at this—"

She pointed to the number of views on her post.

"Less than ten people have seen this. How could anyone acknowledge the new settings enough to cause these effects? Besides, the portals you can open should appear near you. The Parademon didn't spawn next to you, right?"

Hearing this, Roger's expression darkened. "Then there's only one possibility left."

"Yeah…" Luna guessed it too. "It's likely that when you traveled back, you accidentally brought some Parademons along."

"A time gap…"

Roger frowned deeply.

In the time vortex, there was no sense of time. A delay of one minute there could result in drastically different arrival times.

If a time gap had occurred between him and the Parademons, it would explain their appearance here.

And if that was the case, it was likely more Parademons would show up in the future.

After all, back in Apokolips, the number of Parademons tasked with stopping Roger was in the tens of thousands.

The real danger wasn't the Parademons themselves, though—it was the possibility of Darkseid from DC's Doomsday World using the same route to track him.

If Darkseid arrived, the real world would be doomed.

"Did you find any other Parademons in the city?"

Luna, who had thought of the same terrifying possibility, asked Roger.

He shook his head. Earlier, he had specifically flown around the city to check for other Parademons but hadn't found any.

Still, that didn't guarantee there weren't others elsewhere.

"I'll search other places."

Roger spoke in a low voice, his worry evident.

Although his flight speed hadn't fully recovered, it was fast enough to cover significant distances.

Determined to leave no stone unturned, Roger planned to exhaust himself with a global search that night. If he encountered any more Parademons, he would eliminate them on the spot.

At the same time, he intended to find the space bracelet he had lost.

With Athena's AI assistance, analyzing the situation would be much easier.

As Roger prepared to take off, Luna called out, "I'll monitor the news from here and message you if anything comes up. Also… don't forget to turn off your phone."

"Got it."

While it was unclear if anyone might try tracking Roger's phone, it was better to be safe than sorry.

After bidding Luna farewell, Roger soared into the night sky to begin his global search.

....

Finding traces of Parademons worldwide was no easy task, primarily because Roger's speed wasn't yet at its peak.

However, over the course of a week—while his body gradually recovered—he managed to search almost every corner of the country.

Yet, he found no additional Parademons or his space bracelet.

With nothing left to find domestically, Roger turned his attention overseas.

While Luna speculated that future Parademons would likely appear near his city, Roger decided to comb the globe, just in case.

....

Rewinding time slightly…

On the day Roger decided to expand his search worldwide, the Parademon first sighted in the city was taken away by the police and placed in an isolation cell.

As the captain of the city's criminal investigation unit, Detective David had arrived on the scene after receiving the report.

After carefully examining the Parademon's corpse, Detective David silently stepped outside and lit his third cigarette in the span of ten minutes.

"That thing inside…"

Officer Chris, stepped out of the room and said, "It looks exactly like the Parademons from the movies!"

"Parademons? What the hell is that?"

Frowning, Detective David asked.

Officer Chris pulled out his phone, searched for a movie screenshot, and showed it to Detective David.

"This—this is a monster from one of the movies. It's dangerous, sure, but in the movies, trained people can take down swarms of these things."

Detective David studied the image carefully before suddenly remembering something.

"Superman—he's from this movie too, right?"

"Yes."

"Then bring in those witnesses. Didn't they say they saw Superman?"

The couple who had been chased by the Parademon and later followed Roger's advice to call the police were currently waiting for questioning.

When they filed their report, they claimed they had been attacked by a movie monster and saved by Superman.

Initially, Detective David dismissed their account as absurd.

Movie monsters don't just come to life in the real world. This was reality, not fiction.

Seeing their statements, Detective David even considered testing the couple for drug use.

But after personally seeing the Parademon's body and comparing it to the images online, Detective David began to question his skepticism.

To get to the bottom of this, he decided to interrogate the witnesses thoroughly.

"Also, pull up all the city's surveillance footage. Let's find this 'Superman.'"

"How do we do that? They said Superman came down from the sky…"

"Idiot. Even if he descended from the sky, he had to take off from somewhere, right? He must've avoided people when he did. Use the footage to find anyone suspicious, and we'll figure out who this 'Superman' really is."

Lately, it seemed like trouble just wouldn't stop.

First, there was the man-made fire, and now a movie monster had shown up.

Detective David couldn't shake the feeling that the world was about to change.

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