Lord of Annihilation

Chapter 78: Escape from the Space Station. Part 2

Grabbing onto the hands of the dazed looking girl in front of him, Lucius pulled her near him and held her in his arms.

Infusing soul power into his legs, Lucius directly jumped up into the shaft above him. Just a few seconds ago, he had broken through this shaft to reach Reyna's location.

While running through the shafts above, Lucius whispered into Reyna's ears.

"How much soul energy. do you have remaining?"

"About 10%." Reyna replied in an embarrassed manner. Lucius' bold actions had caused her brain to temporarily overload. She did not have to look in a mirror to see how red her face was right now.

Reyna's heart was beating irregularly. This was the first time she had come in such intimate contact with a male, other than her father.

'He smells so nice. I wonder what body foam he uses.' questions unrelated to the current events were popping in her mind.

Having heard her answer, Lucius clicked his tongue.

'Just breaking a door required her to use 90% of her soul power. Such wastage.' he inwardly thought.

"Hold on tight. I'm going to move faster.' Lucius spoke these words and immediately accelerated.

They had to immediately get aboard a escape pod. Staying on the space station, when the asteroids were about to hit would be suicidal.

"Ka'lor'ah, point us towards the nearest emergency escape stations." Lucius instructed the crystal floating in front of him.

Ka'lor'ah had been using Lucius' soul power to sustain her actions currently. Increasing the range of her detection, she scanned the surrounding areas before finding a possible location.

"Lot of people are gathering here, this must be it! Immediately turn right and drop down into the corridor below."

Complying to her commands, Lucius did just so. Gathering his soul power in his free arm, he directly smashed on the floor breaking it in a single smooth manner.

Reyna who had watched his actions was in complete awe. "So powerful!" she involuntarily mumbled.

{WARNING: IMMINENT DESTRUCTION IN T-MINUS 4 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS!}

Lucius continued to rush in the instructed direction. Smashing through the walls, breaking the floors, jumping over the panicked people, he performed all these actions in a continuous manner without a single pause.

Looking from afar, Lucius' actions contained a strange fluidity. It was as if the concept of wind resistance did not apply to him. And indeed, this was the case.

Using some of his extra soul power, Lucius had wrapped it around himself and Reyna, effectively creating a windshield. With the soul power cancelling the wind resistance, Lucius' movements attained fluidity.

Rushing for almost a full minute in his top speed, Lucius finally exited the narrow corridors and came to a large clearing filled with a large number of people.

There was no clear order of lines present here, with each person pushing one-another. Some people were even fighting with each other. Screams and cries flew around in the air.

Looking at this sight, Lucius furrowed his brows. Extending his hands and grabbing Ka'lor'ah, he placed her inside his pocket before making his way through the chaotic crowd.

"Stop pushing! Where do you think you are going, kid.." just as a bald muscular man was about to blow up at Lucius, his body suddenly stiffened before falling to the ground.

His pupils rolled up to show the whites and his mouth started to froth. He seemed be unconscious.

Fortunately or perhaps unfortunately this man wasn't the only one to end up like this. Many other men and women who were blocking Lucius' path ended up in such a manner.

If one looked at Lucius right now, his eyes would be completely crimson and a strange reddish-black aura was radiating of his body. Whenever someone looked into his eyes, they would find themselves unable to pull it back, before their minds would blank and their hearts would stop.

Lucius was currently releasing his [Killing Intent].

Although he wasn't releasing it in its entirety and was only only allowing a tiny bit of it to leak out, it had a significant effect on the surroundings.

The people present in the room were already filled with fear and dread due to the unknown danger and the warnings of imminent crisis. By releasing his [Killing Intent], Lucius turned out to be the catalyst which exploded these feelings in their minds.

Those who had a strong mental strength simply passed out, while those who were faint hearted directly had their hearts stop, never to beat again.

By using this method, Lucius effectively made it to the front of the crowd were the escape pods were located. A couple dozen bodies lay behind him.

Looking at the escape pods available, Lucius finally understood why this area was crowded with no movement in the front of the crowds.

The escape pods had already been used! The stations were currently empty.

"Dammit!" Lucius let out a curse.

His efforts making it here were wasted. They were running out of time!

"Lucius, there should another emergency escape station on the other side of this region." seeing the situation in front of them, she gave a helpful input.

Just as Lucius was about to turn around and head to the location Reyna had just pointed, Lucius' instincts suddenly started flaring.

Feeling an overwhelming sense of danger, he immediately jumped up with Reyna in his hands. Using one the men under him as a foothold, Lucius began to run in the direction of the corridor.

"Hey, what are you.." Reyna was just about to speak up before she heard a loud sound.

BANG!

The sound of something heavy smashing into the metallic hull of the spaceship was heard. The entire room shook. The people standing on the floor, suddenly lost their footing due to the sudden impact and shaking.

Stepping on the head of another person, Lucius immediately corrected his balance mid-air, before continuing to dash in the direction of the corridor.

The sound of metal tearing apart was heard, before it suddenly quietened down. There was absolute silence and stillness in the air.

Not even the sounds of their hearts beating or their breathing was heard.

"What's happ...." one of the men in the room were about to voice out, before he felt a terrifying suction.

A force so great that it could tear apart a mountain rushed in from the direction of the impact. Winds started to howl as the pressure in the room rapidly started dropping.

"AHHHH!!!" "SOMEONE SAV...!!" "MOMMY!!!"

Screams filled the air for just a second, before they were rapidly pulled by the suction.

From her position, Reyna could see the events unfolding behind her.

A large tear had been formed on the hull of the spaceship, exposing the interiors of the room to the space outside. Due to the large difference of pressure between the two sides, the people inside were rapidly being pulled out into the vast empty space.

Reyna herself felt her body, becoming heavier and heavier. She tightly held on to Lucius' body with both her arms and closed her eyes.

Feeling the terrifying force of suction behind him, Lucius grit his teeth. Forcing all the soul energy from within his body, Lucius channeled this terrifying energy to the back of his body, to neutralize the suction.

Losing his footing here, meant death! Lucius, absolutely could not afford to be careless!

Resisting that force of suction which seemed like the hands of Death pulling them to their demise, Lucius exploded the soul energy gathered at his feet.

His body rose to the air. Gripping tightly onto Reyna, he used the last bits of his energy and channeled it to his feet. Pushing of the body of one of the passengers being pulled into space, Lucius body moved forward.

With that final push,his body soared through the air, before falling inside the corridor. Using his remaining hand, Lucius fiercely hit on the red button placed in the side wall near the door.

Swissh!

The sound of the door falling and the pressure being restored was heard.

Lying on the ground with Reyna on top of him, Lucius rapidly panted for air. The amount G force, placed upon Lucius' body in those five seconds of his escape, had almost crossed 20!

One had to remember that the average human cannot sustain more than 9 G's for more than a second. Lucius withstanding almost 20 G's for more than 5 seconds, can be attributed to his training, the refinement his body had undergone and the soul power he possessed.

Lying on the ground for a few seconds, Lucius was woken up by the announcement by the AI.

{WARNING: IMMINENT DESTRUCTION IN T-MINUS 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS!}

"Arghh..." he let out a groan as he pulled his body together.

Pain flooded every inch of his body and his blood seemed to flow in reverse. During that earlier disaster, Lucius had not used his soul power to protect his body.

Using his soul power to alleviate his conditions by a bit, Lucius stood up and adjusted the bag placed on his back.

"Are you alright?" he asked Reyna who was sitting on the floor.

This question was a bit rudimentary as he had used a fair share of his soul power to envelop and protect her body. This was one of the reasons for the lack of soul power to protect himself.

Biting her lips, Reyna nodded her head.

"Good. Let's continue." Lucius indifferently spoke as he reached out his hands to pull Reyna up.

Hesitating to take his hands, Reyna spoke out.

"Why are you trying so hard to protect me? Going as far as to harm yourself!" Reyna cried out.

Being so close to Lucius, she understood the amount of pain he had underwent earlier. She had seen his nerved trembling and his skin breaking apart.

Looking at him being obviously hurt, yet getting up and forcing himself to move as if he was fine. Reyna felt extremely bitter in her hurt.

By voicing out her bitterness, she wasn't actually expecting an answer. She was just venting out her feelings of powerlessness.

"Because you are important to me." he said in a serious tone.

"Now let's get moving." Lucius nonchalantly spoke out, before pulling and placing her into his arms once again.

'Because you are important to me.' this statement caused a strange feeling to rise in Reyna's heart. A strange and foreign emotion was birthed in her heart. Something that gave her a feeling of security and warmth.

Her face flushed and her heart started to quicken. She could not gather her thoughts and her mind was racing with thousands of different thoughts and emotions.

Of course, Lucius did not pay attention to any of this. He was busy, regulating the soul power in his body to heal it. All while running at his full speed towards the other emergency escape area.

Ka'lor'ah who had witnessed their conversation was completely speechless.

'Lucius was obviously referring to his plans, while this girl took it in another way. This misunderstanding...."

Suddenly her 'face' broke out into a grin as she mused, 'I can exploit it!'