Lord of Annihilation

Lucius spent the next two days, shuttling back and forth between the gym and the lab. He spent less than 4 hours in-between catching up on his sleep. Actually ever since Lucius merged a part of his soul with his body, he strictly does not require sleep however to not expose himself before Reyna, he had no choice but to put on an act.

This girl's understanding on the term 'normal' went an earth-shattering reform in these two days. When she led him towards the gym on the first day, she was inwardly thinking that with Lucius' physique he might do some light exercises at most. However watching him do a Hell like training regime and drink the Nutrient Fluids as if they were water, well the poor girl's reaction can be imagined.

After these two days of intense training, Lucius' body had reached a state that he was satisfied with. Of course compared to his peak, his current strength was comparable to the dirt beneath his fingernails considering he hadn't even harnessed the full extent of his soul this was quite good from a human standpoint.

Outwardly Lucius' body did not seem any different. But under the shirt was a vastly different world. Solid muscles had fully compacted and his physique seemed godly. For some reason, Lucius' muscles did not seem to expand outward but kept compressing itself. Hence while his muscle mass hadn't increased his muscle density was simply monstrous. Still this saved Lucius the effort of explaining to others on how he bulked up.

HIs soul cultivation had also progressed along quite smoothly, except it seemed to be slowing along as of late. When he asked Ka'lor'ah of the reason, she blandly replied that his life was being too easy and hence his soul was receiving no stimulation.

After two days of input, Lucius had finally perfect the model and passed it onto to Reyna to work on. While the model he had created was nowhere close to the actual model of a soul, it was still vastly better than his previous research. It can be described similar to how one improved repeated addition to multiplication, while more complex and better tools where available further along. While this might be a crude example, it aptly describes what Lucius had built.

When Lucius informed Reyna that be was about to leave, her bright expression instantly soured, "Already, but it's only been two days."

Lucius calmly replied, "My work here is done. I improved the research I had and now it's up to you."

"But, we can work on my project together. You can be the co-inventor." Reyna tried to appeal to him to have him stay back.

Truth was she had thoroughly enjoyed Lucius' company these 2 days. He always understood her line of thought and they worked really well together. She almost felt that they had a sort of connection going on between them, which allowed them to interact without words. Yes, he was mostly silent and always wore that expressionless face, but it didn't really matter to her.

"Mechanics is not really my speciality.", Lucius replied curtly.

Seeing the bitter look on the girl's face, Lucius felt a weird feeling in his heart. He then suddenly spoke up, "Well, you can call me if you need my help in something.Plus I really like the gym here, so I will be coming often."

Hearing this Reyna's face immediately brightened and quickly spoke, "That's right! This place isn't that far from the academy. Show me your watch, I'll add you." Saying so, she stretched her hand towards Lucius.

Lucius suddenly felt awkward and spoke, "Actually, I don't have a watch. Luther and his gang broke it last time."

"Ah! That's not an issue. Wait a second."

She then quickly ran back into her lab and rummaged around for some time. After a few minutes, she exclaimed, "Found it!". Holding a unique looking watch in her hand she returned to Lucius.

"Use this one. It's something I made myself and is more advanced than any other found in the market. Look I am also wearing the same one in my hand." she then showed her wrist to Lucius. Indeed she was wearing a similar looking watch in her hand of a different color. The one she was wearing was pink in color , while the one she offered Lucius was black.

Lucius nodded his head and received the watch. He then linked his ID to the watch, to connect his profile. He then proceeded to share his ID with Reyna. After they had added each other, Lucius bid her goodbye and left.

Seeing his receding back, Reyna suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling well up in her heart. It left like she had seen this seen before.

'Why does this feel like deja-vu?'

She then shook her head and turned back into her lab. 'I must finish my current research quickly so that I can invite him to work on something new.'

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After Lucius left the building he then proceeded to walk towards the academy. He had missed classes for almost a week and needed to file a reason for his disappearance.

He was also looking through his newly acquired watch to check on all the calls and messages that he had missed these past days.

[Olivia- 300 Missed Calls]

"Oh my. Somebody sure does misses you." Ka'lor'ah spoke up.

Lucius ignored her and cleared his logs. While he knew she might have been worried about him, he currently wasn't in the mood to entertain her.

'She isn't part of the plan. I can't waste my time on her.' This was Lucius' thought process.

Currently it was evening. The sky had darkened quite a bit and the lights from the establishments around him started brightening up. Clouds had gathered on mass and it seemed ad if it was going to rain.

Step,Step.

Lucius steps echoed with loneliness as he walked. He wasn't taking the normal roads but had moved into an alleyway immediately upon leaving the building.

Walking deeper the dark alleyway, Lucius' steps suddenly came to a halt.

He stood silently with his head arched downwards, he was quietly looking at the ground. His body was unmoving and his breathing calm.

Lucius then suddenly spoke up, "Isn't it time you come out?"

No reply was heard. Only the ever looming darkness surrounded him.

"What's wrong?", a voice was heard from his pocket.

"Ambush", Lucius calmly replied.

Lucius was still standing without any movement. There was a palpable tension in the air as the darkness around him seemed to enclose. Yet, Lucius who stood there seemed unaffected by it. He was simply staring into the ground.

Swoosh!

A sharp blow of air sounded from behind him. Lucius body which was inactive suddenly burst into action. He calmly tilted his body in a 60 degree angle sidewards and extended his hands outwards.

Swiping his hands downwards, similar to a hawk swooping down for its prey, Lucius hand grabbed onto the incoming projectile. His hands came into contact with a cold metallic dart. A viscous liquid was flowing at the tip of the dart.

'Tranquilizer', Lucius immediately understood. Whoever came here, wanted to capture him alive.

No longer staying stationary Lucius' legs kicked off in the direction of the shooter. His speed rivalled that of the dart which came after him.

"What?!" a surprised sound voiced out.

Lucius immediately used his hands to pierce in the direction of this man's heart. Although Lucius could not see his attacker. His experience allowed him to accurately judge the distance and the position of the man's vital points.

His hands came in contact with the man's firm chest. Lucius immediately mobilized his soul power and his hands easily went through the man's chest. It was similar to a hot knife cutting through butter.

As soon as Lucius felt the presence of a muscular pumping object, he clenched his hands and directly crushed it. Immediately Lucius jumped behind the man and started scaling the walls to reach the roof of the building.

From the moment of the dart's firing and Lucius subsequent escape less than 2 seconds had passed.

A sharp scream tore through the quiet night, "Oh my god, He killed No.2!! After him." Multiple footsteps were heard chasing in Lucius' direction.

No change could be seen in Lucius face and his gaze was the same as always. Red blood quietly dripped from the hand in which he had crushed that man's heart.

'1,2,3...5 men are chasing after me.' Lucius calmly concluded.

Having his soul power slowly enhance his body, a red glow appeared in the depths of his eyes. A small smile formed in his face.

'Perfect time to test my body..'