Lord of Annihilation

'Miss Olivia? Don't tell me it recorded under her name.' Lucius was suddenly confused for second.

'Is it because I used her ID? Sigh, there is another reason for me to avoid her.' Lucius sighed to himself.

Laying in that position for a few minutes, Lucius then got up when he regained a part of his energy. He then walked towards the screen that showed his results.

[Name: Olivia Mayer]

[Age: 17]

[Gender: Female]

[Reaction and Agility Results: 103.12 points]

[Strength Results: 110.56 points]

[Endurance Results: 162.14 points]

Lucius looked at his results with a calm face. 100 points was the human average on these test. It was the average of all people who had taken this test and had their results recorded. Under a 100 was already pretty good, while scoring above 100 was exceptional.

Most people would require months of training to achieve such results, yet Lucius achieved the same with just his usage of soul power. This went to show how useful soul power was.

'My body is too weak.', Lucius shook his head as he saw these results.

'With such strength there is no way I can survive 'that event' in February. I need to train my body and soul power faster.' Lucius clenched his fists as he thought with determination.

"Participant's body is injured. Please receive a nutrient fluid.", Lucius heard the machine speak again.

Turning back he saw the machine floating next to him holding a blue vial in its hands. He reached out to grab it and drained it's contents directly.

'Sure enough. Nutrient Fluids are quite effective after overdrafting my body. I can use it to get better results after my training.', Lucius thought to himself.

As he drowned the blue liquid, a cool and refreshing feeling enveloped his entire body. He felt every cell of his being energized and his pain lessen by a large margin.

"After you are done please exit the testing room", the machine continued.

Hearing this Lucius, immediately left the room and arrived at the large open gym space again. This time a lot fewer people could be seen. Checking the time, Lucius saw it was almost midnight. From the dozens that were originally present when he came in. Only a few people were left now. Seeing that it was too late, Lucius decided to head back to his room.

As he was returning to his room, Lucius' mind wondered about his current situation.

Currently he was in the year 2320 IGE. Ever since mankind first stepped into space, its ambition grew to explore and eventually to conquer it. In less that 200 years since then, humanity unlocked the secrets of Interstellar Travel and found it self travelling and developing itself in multiple new planets and systems. With the increase in resources available it's development skyrocketed, eventually leading to today. As of today, mankind has successfully colonized hundreds of planets and has increased its reach over multiple systems.

Of course with it's expansion and discovery of new valuable resources came many challenges. Humans could no longer withhold their greed and started waging wars to compete over resources. Allies became enemies and even the longest of friendships turned into bitter hatred. Thus followed a long time of bitter fighting and bloodshed. Humanity's population dropped by almost 20% at this time.

Eventually some of the superpowers among these countries, came together to form the 'United Earth Council' which was later restructured into the current 'Earth Alliance'. It was established in the year 2260 and has been growing strong the expanding till date. It has established various such academies in various colonized planets to further expand its forces.

One curious fact was that, although mankind has explored thousands of planets and colonized hundreds of them, it has never found another intelligent species. Some planets were similar to earth and even older that it, yet not a single new race was found. Many planets were filled with various minerals and suitable living conditions yet not a single intelligent race was found.

This fact led mankind to believe, that they were the strongest race and unrivalled in the universe, leading to further battles between themselves and subsequent divisions and hatred. Although the Alliance did forbid wars from taking place between allied powers, without any external power forcing them to band together, humanity's greed rose again.

Alas. little did they know that times were changing again.

Thinking up to here Lucius sighed and shook his head

'Greed is the original sin and complacency leads to death. Brothers and friends kill each other all for greater wealth. In the grand stage, what does a few more stones or notes actually account too? Wealth is but an illusory object, that humans have invented to satisfy their vanity and avarice. In the face of true power, all these things are but insignificant dust.', Lucius' thought to himself as he sighed again.

'I need to strengthen myself to the maximum extent possible. Only then can I play a role in 'that'.', Lucius reaffirmed his thoughts and started heading to his room in a faster pace.

As he approached his room, Lucius noticed two silhouettes lurking near his house. Lucius immediately slowed down and jumped into the bushes lining the path. He moved carefully in order to not alert them. He slowly moved towards to try to overhear their conversation.

"This is the place, right.", said one of the guys.

"Should be. That's what his ID tells me.", replied the other.

"Who do you think attacked boss, it can't be this guy right?", asked the guy.

"It shouldn't be. He's a nerd after all, he couldn't possible take down boss, and those two guys all alone. He must have an accomplice.", replied the other guy, thinking over it for a second.

"Go ahead and open the door. We need to get this over with quickly.", said the guy.

Meanwhile Lucius who had closed in enough to hear this conversation realized.

'So these guys have my ID. It seems they are from the same gang as that Luther guy.', Lucius thought to himself. 'Might as well take care of them of here.' he continued.

Noticing one the guys heading into his room, Lucius positioned himself in the closest location, where the other guy was standing in. He then looked for cameras and calculated its blind spots. Factoring this he once again moved to a more optimal position.

Lucius then waited patiently for one of the guys to move away. He also parted the bushes in such a way that, when he retreats no movement would be seen from the front.

As he waited, one of the guys finally used Lucius' ID to enter his house. If the owner is not physically present, one can also use their ID to open their doors. Seeing the other guy move, Lucius quickly leapt out to deal with the other guy.

He angled both his hands in the shape of a V, and used one hand to cover the guys mouth and the other to hold his chest. As soon as his grip was secured Lucius pulled the guy and retreated back into the bush.

The guy was indeed staying alert, but he did not expect someone to jump out of nowhere and grab him. He instinctively wanted to struggle, but found himself not being able to. He then looked up at his assailant and found an emotionless face looking at him with his cold eyes. He stared into those eyes and noticed a tiny bit of red in the background. As soon as he stared at that red he found his body being immobilized. His thoughts also became sluggish. What he saw in the depths of Lucius' eyes was a part of his soul. A soul that had taken innumerable number of lives throughout its existence.

Lucius then quickly used his soul power broke the guy's throat. The above mentioned actions happened in less than 5 seconds. Lucius' then hid the body in the bushes and crawled up to his room.

'Now to deal with the other intruder.', Lucius thought as he made his way into his room carefully.