DC: I am Bruce Wayne

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"All right, sweethearts, you're a team and there's nothin' to worry about. We come here, and we gonna conquer, and we gonna kick some, is that understood?"

- Sergeant Apone, (Alien)

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<(Bruce Wayne POV)> 

To speak the truth, I have always believed the Amazons to be weak after I watched the first Wonder Woman movie back in 2017. I mean in the film; it was shown that so many of their warriors died after just being hit by a few bullets. The Justice League movie had tried to do some justice to the race of female super warriors when it showed a couple of Amazons being able to even restrict Steppenwolf for some amount of time. But as a tradeoff it made them seem like stupid savages after it showed them fighting Steppenwolf and his Para demon armies with ordinary bows and arrows.  

I mean why would a bunch of superhuman female warriors blessed by the gods themselves with access to thousands of years of magical knowledge and other mystical divine stuff fight literal evil gods with normal weapons? That sounds incredibly stupid and borderline insane... even if they are supposed to be "Women".

The reality of course was actually much more different. These Amazons were not as strong as peak humans or base-level Super Soldiers like they were made to look like in the movies. No, they were much stronger, they were almost baseline superhumans who could effortlessly bend steel with their bare hands without even trying that hard.

Each of them could easily beat Captain America's ass as long as he didn't have his plot armor or his science-defying frisbee. Yeah, they were that powerful. It was a serious waste that they were not bulletproof, otherwise they could have been the perfect warriors.

I myself realized this only after the battle had started when I saw a random Amazon break a rock golem soldier into pieces with just a single strike of her axe which weirdly didn't even get a single chink in it even after being used constantly to destroy the stone monsters. 

Also, I should mention that although these rock golems were not as tough as diamonds or something, they were still definitely not so weak that a normal peak human could shatter them with an ordinary metal weapon. Now, I don't know if the Amazons in this world were different than the ones I remember from the movies or if all Amazons were this strong in general, but there was no way that this army of rock monsters was going to win a war against them in their own homeland with their strength alone.

So, the question was why they even started the battle in the first place. Were Ares and Hercules that much of an idiot or were they so confident in their own strength that they believed they could win the war with their individual powers alone and this army was just for show?... Or was it possible that just maybe, they have a completely different objective whatsoever?

"Smash the golems to smithereens, sisters. Make sure that both their heads and hearts are completely smashed to pieces, otherwise, they will just heal back from the Earth. They are the children of Gaia after all and have her blessings." Diana gave her advice after she noticed some of her sisters struggling to permanently put down one of the monsters as they continued to grow back from its fragments. "As for Ares, I'll take care of him myself." She completed before rushing towards the direction of the war god while cleaving through dozens of rock monsters in her path. 

A few golems of the bigger size did try to block her course, but these monsters were useless in front of her absurd level of strength. They were just small-time minions meant to die at her hands to buy some time and tire her out. Unless she were to be overwhelmed by hundreds of them at once, they wouldn't even have a chance at defeating her. 

"Seems like everyone here is putting their all in this battle. I think it's time I became serious as well. I don't think I can learn or gain anything significant while hiding my strength here." I muttered while looking at the hundreds of rock golems that were still pouring out of the magical portal. 

Initially, I took it easy in the battle to gauge both sides' combat abilities. In fact, I had been acting like I was at the same level as the other normal Amazons in terms of combat abilities and like I was struggling to fight even three of these rock golems together but now it was time to get serious.

Tightening my muscles, I decided to use my Darkness breathing style to be as efficient and as fast as possible. As the air entered my lungs through my aerial pathways in a specific pattern, instantly, my speed almost doubled as I started to hack and slash at the rock soldiers, each of my attacks aimed at vertically cutting them apart from the middle to destroy both their hearts and heads in one fell swoop. 

However, these slashes from my All-Blades didn't just cut them apart like a pair of hot knives through butter, but even instantly burned them like pieces of dry paper catching fire. 'This is too easy.' I thought to myself with a smirk before I decided to up my game.

"Let's see how you guys fare against some more modern weapons," I muttered as I activated the laser cannons hidden in the shoulder area of my armor.

My current Dragon Slayer armor design might be medieval in theme to match the location but that doesn't mean they don't contain modern weapons and tools. The armor was as convenient as any of my other numerous armor templates with the only difference being that it was more focused on strength rather than agility or some other aspect. 

Upon my command, two laser cannons rose from my armor's shoulders and began to scan all nearby targets. 

After the two cannons were done auto-targeting, they began to shoot plasma bolts at the rock golems in all directions. Zzzzzzap Zzzzzzap Zzzzzzap The fierce armor-piercing plasma bolts that were being released from my shoulder cannons exploded in a burst of plasma "shrapnel" upon striking the rock monsters, causing them grievous wounds by blasting away their heads and hearts. 

"By Hera, what powerful magic!" Some of the Amazons cried out in wonder and amazement as they looked at the rock golems dropping like mosquitoes with gaping holes where their heads were. "He must be a warrior blessed by the gods just like Diana." They couldn't help but exclaim. 

Even Clymene, who had been against me the most from the start was forced to acknowledge my power after I shot four of the golems who had been slowly ganging up on her. Of course, I didn't do it to impress her or something. I simply did it because I could, although judging by the look on her face, her ego seemed to be really hurt because of it. She even refused to meet my eyes or even look at my face after that. 

'I am still going to beat up her ass after all this is over.' I swore to myself. If she really insists on continuing to try and prove her superiority against me to satisfy her inner radical feminism, then I have no other choice but to make her realize her mistake. 

*Zap **Zap* As my shoulder cannons finished blasting the last of the golems near me into a pile of smoking rock fragments, transforming the entire area into a graveyard of shattered stones, I turned my attention to Diana who had already arrived near Ares. She had carved a clear path through the chaos, decimating every golem in her way. The sword and shield in her hand were still as pristine as ever, even her armor looked like it barely had a speck of dust on it. 

She seemed confident in her strength as she threw her lasso, wrapping it around Ares, and then pulled him towards her with her full power. But that didn't even make Ares budge. He just stood there watching Diana. His facial expressions could not be seen since it was hidden behind his large helm, but it almost seemed like he was smirking at her.

"And here I thought that my sister would be stronger than this. Seems mortal blood runs deeper than godly ichor in your body. What a waste. Our father would be disappointed in you." He declared in a condescending tone like he was doing her a favor even talking to her. "Look, Diana, we can either continue with this meaningless "battle" or we can work together. Forsake the other Gods and accept me as your patron. Become my messenger and spread my name by conquering this mortal realm, waging the fires of war everywhere you go. If you accept, I give you my word, I'll leave your sisters alone." He tried his best to tempt her. 

"The stories were right. You are not worthy of being a god." Diana calmly commented after listening to his words.

"Mortals..., as long as a few of you don't get squashed under our godly feet, you just don't get it, do you? Fine then, death it is for yo..." Zzzap A blue-colored plasma bolt struck Ares directly on his chest, catching him by surprise and forcing him to move a step back. 

"For a god of war, you sure do talk a lot. Plus, you seem too weak for a god... Let me guess, you still haven't recovered from all those times Zeus and his champions bitch slapped you when you tried to conquer the world, have you?" I asked after flying over to where they were facing each other and landing beside Diana. 

"Bruce? No, get away. He is not like those rock golems; he is a god. You won't survive if you fight against him." Diana tried to warn me, but I just ignored her words. There was no way I was not going to take this chance and fight an actual god. I have so many theories to taste about gods of this universe and Ares was the perfect subject for me to test them on. 

Also, I had a gut feeling that defeating him wasn't going to be that hard. I had once faced a Kryptonian soldier for a few minutes when I was a teen. Battling a fallen God who had lost 99% of his powers didn't sound like that much of a big deal anymore.

I mean, yeah, this might be the same god who had almost killed Darkseid in the movies, but Ares was supposedly at his peak then because of the war that was happening throughout space while the evil god of tyranny was just an inexperienced teen. So that probably doesn't count. 

"Now, for starters, let's see how your godly immortality fares against my swords," I said as I summoned the All-Blades into my hands again.

"Haven't you heard that only a god can kill another god? Swords are useless against us." Ares declared confidently before releasing an invisible force toward us, trying to push us both away in a violent thrust.

"We will see," I uttered before activating my biggest trump card in this battle. 

[Kinetic force field activated. Power at 99%] 

[Chi inhibitors deactivated...] 

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