Eron didn't wait. He shot off the ground like a plasma projectile, the black-and-blue Lantern ring creating a trail of dark energy behind him. Shazam reacted with the speed of Mercury, lunging forward. Their meeting in the center of the warehouse was like the collision of two stars.
Eron's punch, charged with the voltage of Zeus and the magnetic mass of the entire warehouse, met Shazam's fist. The resulting shockwave didn't just pulverize what was left of the building; it sent a pulse of energy through all of Hollywood. Skyscraper windows miles away shattered, and the Hollywood sign trembled on the hills.
Eron felt the impact in every bone of his arm. Unlike Ares, who was brutal but predictable, Shazam's strength had a mystical purity that ignored physical resistance. Eron was thrown back, tearing through the street asphalt with his body until he regained his balance using magnetism to anchor himself to the ground.
— You hit hard, kid — Eron growled, wiping a trace of golden blood from the corner of his mouth. His eye glowed with a blinding white. — But your strength comes from an old man in a cave. Mine comes from blood and conquest.
Eron realized that Shazam's physical strength was superior to Ares'; it was an absolute force sustained by the magic of Hercules. But Eron now had control over matter. He raised his hand, and the cars parked on the avenue began to be crushed against each other, forming a sphere of dense metal weighing tons around Shazam.
Shazam tried to fly out of the trap, but Eron clenched his fist, intensifying the magnetic field. The metal contracted with a force that would make a battle tank look like an aluminum can.
— Let's see how your stamina of Atlas handles the pressure of a dead star — Eron said, as he began to channel Zeus's lightning directly into the metal sphere to fry the hero inside.
Back at the mansion in Beverly Hills, Diana felt the tremor. She stood up from the balcony, her skin glowing with the aura of Aphrodite, which now detected Shazam's divine energy. She smiled, feeling the vibration of the battle.
— It seems Eron has found a new toy — she whispered, as the Los Angeles sky was sliced by golden and blue lightning bolts fighting for dominance over the horizon.