The Luthor Patriarch ignored the booms and bangs coming from behind him. He kept his eyes focused on the shimmering barrier of energy, waiting.
All these things that were happening did not matter. Although many could not predict the moves of the All-King, it was understood by many that the All-King would not take action without serious confidence that he would win.
The All-King hated losing and loved winning to the point that no one must win if he did not win. He was that petty.
This was observed in real time as the All-King himself never bothered to hide this trait. It let others know that if he sent someone to get them, they had better lie down and die for him; if not, things would get worse.
The fact that these vultures were here, terrorising the real terrorists, just meant one of two things.
Either the All-King was fed up and was retaliating to something that had recently happened, or this was already planned from a long time ago.
