Lord of Annihilation

Chapter 21: The Bodies are Found!

"It was the feeling,.... of Death!", Uncle Black spoke in a grave voice.

Looking closely one would notice, that sweat beads had started forming on his face. His entire back was also drenched in sweat and his suit was clinging closely.

Just thinking back to the events that took place yesterday had led to his reaction right now. One could simply imagine how he felt, in the real situation.

Reyna's father noticed this peculiarity but did not ask about it, he instead asked,"So, you are saying that he's dangerous?"

Uncle Black immediately shook his head and said,"No, it's not danger. There was no hostility in that gaze. It was more of an indifference. It's just that the sheer intent behind that gaze his not something a boy of his age must posses."

"Sire, you know I have been through multiple life and death scenarios. If not for your kindness, I would currently be a corpse floating across the vast expanse of space. But what I felt under that boy's gaze, cannot compare to the sum total of my fear in those scenarios."

"This humble servant believes that the Young Miss musn't be in contact with such a person.", saying so Uncle Black retreated and stood silently.

Reyna's father had his eyebrows furrowed the entire time. He had his head resting on his head, while wearing a ponderous look on his face. After a few minutes he called out.

"Iris."

"Yes, Mr. President.", a calm female voice replied.

"Show me today's video log of my daughter's lab."

"Accessing files."

After a few seconds the computer on the desk lit up. A video started playing on it. It relayed the events form the moment Lucius and Reyna set their foot inside the lab.

He watched the events on the footage with a calm expression. Once it was done, he softly spoke up, "He really is a genius." This sentence came from the admiration fhe felt in his heart.

"But what you are saying is right. This boy is not as simple as he looks. Black, immediately start investigating on him. I want to know everything about him."

"As you wish, Sire.", the man is the suit replied while bowing. He then immediately turned around and left.

Reyna's father sat there watching the current ongoing events in the lab, 'He does not seem to hold any evil intentions and is rather sincere.'

He then crossed his hands while thinking, 'What is his goal then?'

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In the lab. Lucius and Reyna were working side by side. Each of them were heavily concentrating and seemed to be in there own worlds.

After witnessing Lucius' actions, Reyna who had been in the verge of mental breakdown had now completely calmed down. Her passion for science overridden her common sense and she just accepted it.

'Who cares, if he is a human or monster. All I care is whether the research is correct or not.', this was the thought going through Reyna's mind.

After quite an amount of time, both of them stopped at the same time.

"Now, we have to wait for the computer to run some test.", Reyna spoke up.

"Indeed.", Lucius shortly replied.

"What are you going to do now. If you are tired, you could sleep in one of the guest rooms here." she suggested.

"Does this place have a gym?", he asked

"Of course it does. It's one of the most advanced gyms, anywhere.", she boasted.

Lucius then turned to look at her and said seriously, "Please take me there. I want to use it."

Reyna who had been walking in front of him, but her hands behind her back and turned around. She looked at Lucius and smiled, "Sure. Follow me, I'll take you there."

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In the dense woods that surrounded the academy, a large group of people were present. They were all busily moving about seemingly trying to find something.

Some were standing and taking notes , while others were using some excavating robots to dig at various patches of ground.

One of the groups of men, suddenly shouted loudly, "Found it!"

Hearing this the rest stopped, their work and rushed towards this group. Some reached in to help them dig the ground, while the men with the recording tools stood around carefully recording the scene.

"And pull... Careful don't pull to tight. The body has started decomposing.", one of the diggers spoke.

Two humanoid bodies were pulled out from the ground.

The others gathered around the bodies, while one of the men holding a special screen kneeled before the body and scanned it with the device.

"DNA identification confirms. The bodies belong to the two missing students.", the man who just confirmed this spoke with a grave tone.

A collective gasp was heard from the rest.

"Who would dare kill another student inside the campus.", one of them asked, his voice laced with obvious shock.

Hearing this the rest simply shook their heads.

"Mr. Escker, I believe it's your department's turn to take over.", the man who had identified the bodies turned to look at one of them.

The man he was looking at was around 1.8m tall. He had a long face with a sharp chin. A small moustache decorated his face. He had black hair and brown sunken eyes. Looking at his face, one would get the feeling that he was overworked or had insomnia.

"Ha! You sure know how to dump such cases with no leads onto me James. Do you have no conscience?", Escker replied.

"So, you are not taking up the case?", James asked in a low voice.

Coming from his mouth it almost seemed like a threat.

Hearing this Escker just grumbled in response, "Fine! It's not like I have much of a choice."

Nodding James spoke up, "This case takes priority. I expect some leads to be found and reported to me in 2 days. You can start now."

He then turned around to address the rest of the people here, "Someone come up here and bag the bodies. Remember to inform the families of the two students and make sure they don't blow this up." he then looked at the two bodies again and said, "Although something like that might not happen. The rest can leave."

The other complied and started heading back towards the academy. James then walked towards Escker and spoke, "I want you to put your full effort into this Sean. This concerns the safety and reputation of the academy. We cannot have multiple cases like this."

Understanding his words Escker nodded his head.

"I'll get to it right away."

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"What? They are dead." Keith asked again.

"Yes, Boss.", one of his assistants replied in a grave tone.

After thinking for a few hours, Keith eventually accepted his current situation. He was no longer the nervous mess he previously was and had gone back to his previous state.

Keith thought about it and realized his situation might not be as bad as he thought. Yes, Reyna might hate him now, but since he had not done anything excessive to her, he felt that he might be left off. This thought calmed Keith considerably and he returned to his usual young master demeanour.

Just when he thought the day couldn't get any worse, one of his assistants relayed him the news of 2 of his men's death.

He digested the new and thought to himself, "The two men I sent after Lucius have now suddenly turned up dead, while that Lucius is fine."

Then suddenly his two eyes brightened up and he suddenly laughed, "Haha, The heavens haven't forsaken me. I can use this."

A cruel glint flashed through his eyes, "Let's see how you deal with this, Lucius."

Saying so, he immediately got up and started heading somewhere.

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