Lord of Annihilation

"Let him go!" Olivia bellowed from the top of the platform.

Using the new-gained knowledge from her [Soul Suppressor] soul, she attacked Lucius with a powerful mental attack.

"Suppress" followed by her shout, a beam of violet light left her hands and struck Lucius, directly in his face.

Having ignored his surroundings earlier, Lucius was unable to dodge the attack.

The beam of violet light struck Lucius' body and held him in place. They then changed form and turned into chains which firmly wrapped around his body.

With the chains holding him securely, Lucius was unable to move his body.

"ROAR!!" he let out an enraged shout. Greyish-black energy furiously fell out of his body and tried to devour the violet chains.

Unfortunately, Olivia's spell wasn't that weak nor simple.

More light exploded from the chains and firmly suppressed the greyish-black energy from moving. The stream of energy suddenly slowed down and became sluggish.

"Reyna! Quickly save Alex and leave this room! Bring Ka'lor'ah over here!" although she was afraid, Olivia hadn't completely lost her calm. She still managed to relay proper instructions and had a proper grasp of the situation.

Having heard her instructions, Reyna did not move. Instead, she continued to stand there with a dazed expression on her face.

"HURRY UP! I cannot hold him for long!" Oliva screamed.

"Ah! y-yes I'm going!" forcibly suppressing her fears, Reyna moved.

She jumped down from the platform and landed on the empty clearing below her. Dashing towards, Alex's body she found him unconscious. Quickly removing a metal orb from her pocket, Reyna infused her soul power into it.

This metal orb was one of Reyna's new creations after awakening her soul [Machinery Life]. Using the newly gained knowledge and combining it with her 'Pseudo-Life' research, she was able to complete this new robot.

It was called the [Mover].

It couldn't attack. It couldn't protect. Its only purpose was to transport heavy bodies and objects, carefully arranging and segregating them in the process.

In short, it was WALL-E.

It was with this invention of hers which made it possible to move thousands of dead bodies and properly separate them in three days. Not only that, but this machine also assisted the people of the base in the reconstruction of the wall and other facilities that were damaged due to the earthquake and the attack.

But wait? Shouldn't there already exist robots capable of such tasks? How was this robot different from the other ones?

Yes, there did exist other robots powered by intelligent AI, capable of doing such tasks. But in the end, all of them were still 'robots'. They weren't alive and most importantly, they could not utilize soul power!

Reyna's 'Pseudo-Life' wasn't perfect. It could not imbue machined with life and make them capable of human feelings. However, with the infusion of her soul power, she was able to give life to her machines!

[Machinery Life]. While the name was quite simple, it did exactly what the name said,

To imbue life into machines.

This was the very reason, Reyna was dubbed as 'Humanity's focal point'. With this soul, which could imbue life into machines, coupled with mankind's monstrous rate of production. Humanity was able to fight till the bitter end in the previous timeline and was able to survive for 30 years!

Of course, combat machines and intelligent AI's existed however, all of them had the same problem. They could not use soul power!

Reyna's machines, on the other hand, could!

Having gained 'life', they were imbued with both intelligence and a soul. Thus making it possible for her creations to use soul power. As for the variety of what they could use, Reyna hadn't tested her abilities that far yet.

In a world where every living organism was capable of using soul power and was able to grow in strength, machines with fixed strength were simply too weak!

Just a single Stage 1 Peak level, Leader Bug could single-handedly neutralize a full-powered plasma blast. Remember, Stage 1 was just the beginning!

In a certain sense, Reyna was similar to Ka'lor'ah. Both their souls had something to do with the creation of life.

One could create biological life and the other could create mechanical life. As for which one was superior, only time would tell.

Having received her soul power, the metal orb quickly started whirring into action. It expanded in size and started to float off the ground. It had two arms' used for lifting. A large head which held its soul and two large eyes which blinked cutely at Reyna.

Seeing the [Mover] robot coming to life, literally. Reyna quickly instructed.

"Quick! Carefully move that body and take it to the medical facility" she hurriedly spoke.

The floating robot blinked its eyes twice, before nodding its head. It floated towards Alex's body, directly positioning itself above his body. Then reaching down with both its hands it grabbed Alex.

Comparing the size of the [Mover] and that of Alex, it would have been an impossible task for it to lift Alex. But this was where the power of the soul came into play.

A faint stream of silver light glowed underneath its metal plating and the soul [Super Strength] came into action.

The [Mover] effortlessly lifted Alex's body off the ground and quickly started moving in the direction of the medical facility. Reyna on the other hand had already left the cold storage room and headed towards Ka'lor'ah.

Seeing two of her best friends finally leave, Olivia let out a sigh of relief.

She turned her head and looked towards the roaring Lucius. His eyes continued to shine in their heterochromatic glows and his face was filled with madness. He tried to bite the chains using his dagger-like teeth, but it was to no avail.

"Wake up, Lucius! This isn't you!" Olivia stressed.

"SHUT UP!" Lucius roared.

That roar seemed to have snapped something as wave upon wave of greyish-black energy gushed from within his body. His entire figure, wrapped in violet chains was soon drowned in this greyish energy.

Not being able to suppress the tremendous amount of energy, the violet chains started to creak. Tiny cracks started to form on the surface of the chains, as they were no longer able to withstand the furious onslaught of the greyish-black energy.

"AHHH!!!" Lucius let out an earth-shattering scream. His voice contained a mixture of madness, wrath, and annoyance.

'Not good!' warning bells immediately went off within Olivia's mind.

Circulating her soul power into her raised hands she started to chant her next incantation.

The [Soul Suppressor] gave Olivia a plethora of magic spells, which were mostly supportive or mind-based attacks in general. The violet chains she had used earlier was one such support spell called [Suppress].

[Suppress] had the effect of binding the opponent's body and decelerating the flow of one's soul power. Its effects were quite extraordinary, allowing the caster to bind opponents of a higher level.

"Suppress!"

Olivia finally completed her chants and released her soul power. Another flash of bright violet light left her hands and headed towards Lucius' body.

Just as the violet light seemed to reach Lucius' body, a current of greyish-black energy suddenly burst from within his body and negated the effects of her spell.

'Dammit!' Olivia cursed.

With her new spell intercepted and her old spell rapidly being devoured by the greyish-black energy, Olivia was in a dicey situation. If things were to head in this direction, she might actually lose her life here.

'Should I run?' the thought of escaping from this place occurred to her.

However, the thought of the people outside the room becoming food for Lucius was something Olivia could not accept. Human lives were not that cheap!

'I cannot run!' she reaffirmed her will.

'I must stand here and buy time for Reyna to bring Ka'lor'ah here. If I run, the people behind me will die!'

And at this moment. the sound of metallic chains shattering was heard. The greyish-black energy enshrouding the figure of Lucius, finally lifted. Behind the veil stood a 1.9m tall being looking at her with hateful eyes.

With the pair of golden and crimson eyes shining, a deep voice filled with suppressed fury spoke.

"I don't like being chained."

He then lifted his hands and pointed towards Olivia.

"And your body is filled with that hateful energy which chained me."

The Void Eater's signature racial skill activated at this moment.

"Devour!"

With an enraged shout, the shadows beneath his feet exploded out towards Olivia.