Chapter 995 995: Changing Future
Lucifer didn"t know what effect it was going to have in the future if he took out one of the important pieces of the future from the board... the man who became the next leader of the Star Alliance after the Empress was killed.
Lein was the same person who chased him to the ends of the universe to kill him in the future. Even though most things about that future were unclear to him, he decided to change the future through his own hands, trying to create variables.
Lein raised his staff that was made from a rare unbreakable material. Even though Lein had fought so many people in the past with his staff, including the generals, there was not a single scratch on the staff.
With multiple high level spectators from the Star Alliance, every single moment of this battle was to be recorded, even though no one expected Lucifer to win.
Lein raised his left hand, gesturing for Lucifer to attack him, as if he was giving the taking man an opportunity to take the lead.
Lucifer, already in a bad mood, took the opportunity.
He tapped his foot on the ground lightly, but even that little bit was enough to leave a crater on the ground, sending the dist flying in the air. All the surroundings were covered in dust. At the same time, Lucifer"s figure disappeared inside the dust.
"Tsk, we can"t see anything through that dust. It"s not a bad trick by the young man," One of the Generals laughed. "However, such tricks won"t work before someone like Lein. There"s a reason he"s responsible for the security of the Royal Palace."
"Who knows. From what I know about that kid, he isn"t half bad himself. It would be a good show indeed," another General stated. He really wanted to remove that dust in the field himself to see everything, but he controlled his urges and didn"t interfere.
A few seconds pa.s.sed, but strangely enough, there were no battle noises there. It was as if the battle had halted, which made everyone feel strange. Everyone wondered just why the two people stopped fighting.
"Stop the battle!"
As everyone was wondering if they should check, a woman"s voice came from the distance.
The door of the arena opened up.
"Your Majesty!" All the Generals were stunned to see the woman here. However, they also understood that she was here to save her husband, worried that Lein might thrash the young man a little too badly.
They all greeted the Empress before they also commanded for the battle to be stopped. The systems in the arena activated, slowly removing all the dust floating in the arena.
As the dust disappeared, the arena came into full view again. However, instead of relaxing, almost all of them had a shock on their faces.
There was only one person standing in the arena.
Even the Empress and the maid which followed her was frozen in her place, pale-faced.
The Generals were in disbelief. The person who was standing wasn"t Lein but Lucifer, who appeared to be shocked himself.
Near his foot, there was Lein"s body, which was missing a head! A few meters away, Lein"s head could also be seen, with his eyes still open.
The Generals rushed to the field, checking up on Lein to see if they could save him, but it was impossible.
"Y-you killed him?!" One of the Generals asked Lucifer.
"I didn"t want to..." Lucifer replied, appearing confused himself. "I thought he would dodge, but he didn"t. It was too late for me to stop my attack...."
He revealed a shock on his face, which was slightly pale. However, deep in his heart, he was quite relieved that everything went as planned.
His eyes glanced at all the cameras nearby. The shadows that had temporarily covered the cameras retracted, and merged with his own shadows. Not a single person knew what happened in the battle, and no one was ever going to know, he made sure of that.
"I thought I could train with the best, and become stronger like him. But I never thought that I"d be able to hurt him, let alone kill..." He spoke, glancing at the body of the lifeless man.
"I-i..." After stuttering for a little, he turned and left, as if he couldn"t see the gruesome sight. "I am sorry."
He left the Arena, leaving all the Generals and even his wife inside that place, not even glancing at her.
After leaving the area, he went back to the palace. The confused and sad expression on his face disappeared, returning to his usual calm expression.
"That"s one piece out of the future..." He muttered.
He went back to his room. But to his surprise, the woman that he left back in the arena was already there before him.
"You killed him intentionally, didn"t you?" She asked.
Momentarily surprised, Lucifer didn"t break his composure. "I had no enmity with him. Why would I want him dead? However, I really didn"t expect him to be that weak."
He sat on the couch, glancing back at the woman. "Do you want to punish me?"
The woman didn"t reply. She just kept observing Lucifer, as if trying to observe every little thing she could. She always felt that Lucifer was dangerous, but now she realized that she still underestimated him.
A thought crossed her mind that she should get rid of the man, just to be safe. However, when she thought about the fact that she still needed him, she controlled her urges.
"We will be leaving in two days. If you have anything pending, finish it. Because we might not be able to return from the place where we"ll be going."
She stood up and left the room. Instead of talking to Lucifer directly, she decided to investigate him in other ways. Her suspicions about his ident.i.ty, his strength and everything else only increased with the recent incident.
It was as if he had a mission of his own. She couldn"t but link his presence to their target, wondering if their last test was somehow wrong?
Was he actually the one they were looking for? If he was, why did he try to kill her guard instead of directly trying to kill her? So many questions crossed her mind.