Lord of Annihilation

"What in arcane's name are you people?!" The master screamed feeling wildly bewildered. He hurriedly stabilized his spectral body and cast various recovery and reinforcement spells.

Hearing his question, the golden figure of Ka'lor'ah, who had appeared within Lucius' mindspace to reinforce him, wiped the golden blood of her mouth and answered passionately.

"To protect the world from devastation! To unite the people within our nation! To denounce the evils of truth and love! To extend our reach to the sta—" 

"What the hell are you saying?!" The Master bellowed.

"Tch," Ka'lor'ah clicked her tongue and continued, "Such an uncultured swine. Do you not understand the basic etiquette of not interrupting your elders when they are saying something? Where did you learn your manners?"

"You-!!" The Master was so extremely livid that his entire body had begun to violently shake. Pointing his finger at Ka'lor'ah once again, he thundered furiously.

"I will ask you one more time! Who are you people?!!"

"This boy's body is clearly young; less than 30 years of age. Ergo, his soul must also similarly be young! However!"

"When I tried to invade his soul, its depth was unfathomable! Like an ancient well, that has existed for hundreds of years! The memories that I managed to peer into have already stretched over a hundred years!"

Hearing his words, Ka'lor'ah turned silent.

"And it's not just that! This brat's strength is only at a pitiful Peak-Level Stage 1, but inside his memories, he has already achieved Stage 5!!"

As he spoke, the Master's facial expression continued to twist. Passion and insanity collectively appeared on his face, as he bellowed once more.

"Tell me, how did he do it?!! How was he reborn into a new body?! How did you expand his lifespan?! How?! HOW?!!"

Listening to his questions, Ka'lor'ah inwardly thought to herself.

'I'm so glad that I set up an isolation barrier in advance, before coming in here. With this nutjob announcing all these things casually, we would've been so caught by the Lords.' 

Ka'lor'ah mentally pat herself on the back while praising herself. 'Good job me. As expected, no matter what Lucius says, you are the smartest.' She smiled to herself.

As for the fervent questions of the Master, those were completely ignored by Ka'lor'ah. 

"TELL ME!!" The Master cried.

The smile on Ka'lor'ah's face immediately disappeared and a frosty look appeared within her eyes. Staring into the Master's eyes, he unhurriedly spoke.

"Shut up, mongrel. A lowly being like you has no rights to question this Queen." 

No matter her current power level, the pride of a Stage 7 existence can never be sullied under any circumstances. 

She had earned this pride.

The Master's body froze for a moment, with a slight shiver going down his spine. Hearing Ka'lor'ah's tone, he was suddenly reminded of the time when he had met an elder of his family as a young boy.

He felt scared.

Ka'lor'ah had the same regal bearing of an absolute powerhouse. A powerhouse before whom, he was absolutely powerless against.

A moment passed and the Master was awoken from his daze. He then stared at Ka'lor'ah feeling profound shame and unlimited fury.

'I—I felt afraid? I felt afraid of his weakling?!!'

"You-?!! Fine, if you won't tell me yourself, then I shall beat the answer out of you!!" Having lost all restraints, the Master dashed towards Ka'lor'ah's figure once more.

Ka'lor'ah too did not hesitate, as she rushed forward while chanting her spells.

'Wake up, Lucius! I can't hold on much longer.' She nervously sighed within her mind.

Both the figures clashed and another round of intense conflict had begun within Lucius' mindspace.

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'Ambush' 

The very moment this word appeared within Lucius' mind, his body had already reacted. Clenching all of his muscles, Lucius rapidly drew his hands and legs into his body, forming a ball, and dropped to the ground.

While he may not be able to evade the attacks, he would try his best to reduce his surface area to reduce their damage.

'Here it comes.' Lucius' clenched his teeth and waited for the pain to assault him.

It never came.

"Huh?" an audible voice escaped from his mouth. Sneaking a glance past his arms, Lucius tried to make sense of what was happening.

"The second row, fire again! Don't let them escape!!" The cold, grim tone declared once more, following which another volley of colorful attacks shot towards Lucius.

This time, Lucius stretched one of his arms placing them in the path of one of the attacks.

They shot through him.

'What?' Lucius was genuinely confused.

Rising from the ground, Lucius noticed that all the attacks that came towards him, just passed through his body. It was as if, he wasn't there at all!

'Wait a second.' A thought formed within his mind and Lucius quickly looked at the place where he heard the instruction come from.

Flying on the sky was a hideous, six-armed demonic-looking monster, flapping its wings. Its multiple pairs of eyes were coldly staring at a point, behind Lucius. Not at him.

"Tch, they teleported once again. Attention all units, continue with the chase. That group must not leave this planet!" The flying demon declared.

Lucius was currently standing at what looked like an enormous passageway. A massive iron gate, hundreds of meters in height stood directly in front of him, upon which were the archers. The 'leader' of these archers, which seemed to be the gargoyle-like monster floating in the sky, was directly above them.

A strange red-colored stone covered the ground beneath him, with most of them being shattered and broken. Looking around, Lucius belatedly noticed numerous corpses scattered across the ground around him.

It seemed as if a massive battle was occurring within his place.

'Looking at the corpses, the wounds on some of them are still fresh. Most of the larger, more monster-like corpses have a thick stream of Demonic Energy surrounding them, while the smaller, less monster-like ones have Holy Energy.'

Lucius' mind rapidly processed the information on the scene and arrived at an outcome.

'Is an army of the [Good] faction, attacking a stronghold of the [Evil] faction?'

The [Good] faction and the [Evil] faction, led by the Heavenly Sovereigns and the Abyssal Rulers, respectively were eternally locked in a war against each other. With both sides controlling various portions of the Universe, the act of attacking the stronghold was the most direct form of snatching territory.

Usually, the soldiers guarding the strongholds were direct members of the [Evil] faction coming from the Abyss. Due to the corrosion of the Abyss, these members are densely tainted with Demonic Energy. 

A similar situation occurs for the members of the [Good] faction, except they from a place called the Sanctum and are tainted with Holy Energy.

Seeing that the number of corpses from the [Evil] faction was higher and the fact that the corpses of the [Good] faction were leading away from the stronghold, Lucius naturally arrived at the conclusion of the [Good] faction invading a [Evil] faction stronghold.

'Question is, what am I doing here? And how am I invulnerable to all the attacks?' Just as Lucius was thinking about this question, his vision rapidly spun before his figure suddenly disappeared.

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"*Huff* *Huff*…My Lady, we have to stop running. At this rate, your life is at risk!" a voice anxiously spoke.

"Haa…Haa… we cannot stop. Those dogs of the [Evil] faction are right on our tails... Ahh!!" a female voice suddenly screamed.

""" MY LADY!!""" Multiple voices cried at the same time.

'What's happening?' It was at this moment that Lucius' figure suddenly appeared in this scene.

Hearing the multiple voices, his body involuntarily tensed for a second before loosening up after he realized that the other couldn't see him.

'Seems like I'm invisible or something.' 

"Quick! Mithras, carry the Lady." A voice ordered with distress.

A tall, humanoid figure of a man, clad in bright golden armor stepped forth and lifted the figure of a woman from the ground. The face of the man was covered with a golden helmet, hiding his face.

However, Lucius had no problem identifying them, as they had other defining traits.

Six pairs of pristine wings that were as white as snow were present on his back. A visibly viscous stream of Holy Energy flowed through the entirety of his body, with golden-white halos floating above his head.

'A Heavenly Sovereign…!!' Lucius was shocked as he recalled the Grade 7 race, which was commonly referred to as the Leader of the [Good] faction. 

And it wasn't just Mithras, all of the twenty-three other people within his place was a Heavenly Sovereign.

However, what shocked Lucius the most wasn't Mithras or the other Heavenly Sovereigns in the room. It was the lady who was being carried by Mithras in his arms.

She had eight pairs of golden wings, glowing golden hair, and a single pair of golden-colored eyes on her 'perfect' face. A face so perfect and beautiful, that words could not describe the extent of her beauty.

'A Heavenly Sovereign Royalty!!!'

In layman's terms, she was one of the most important people in the entire Universe! A person protected by the Lords and blessed by the Universe.

And this woman was currently…

"At this current rate, the Lady will definitely die of blood loss before we escape from his place. We have to do it." A voice solemnly declared to the group.

…on the verge of giving birth.