17 Chapter — 16

It was dead quite in the lair. Hundreds of thousands of moloids were just laying dead with a headless Harvey in the centre of it all.

Old or young, male or female, all Moloids were now dead . The race was now extinct, all in a single move.

Azmuth was still standing near Harvey's corpse, he searched his body and retrieved a key. Taking the key he walked towards the entrance towards Harvey's throne.

—"Sir? Was killing Harvey the right move? Cause it seemed other avenues of actions could be pursued."

"Harvey's change meant nothing to me his death was sealed the moment his plans of causing mass earthquakes using the 'Ray' was confirmed. I had hoped that it wouldn't be the case, Harvey was by all accounts a genius and could have been a great asset. What a shame.", Azmuth replied as he sat down on the Throne.

—"Then why commit genocide? Shouldn't that be, by human ethics and morals, wrong?"

"You're going quite soft Mr. Bean. These Moloids had no use to me, they were a failure to the Deviants and loyal to Harvey like a dog does its master. Neither of those facts help the case for their survival.", Azmuth replied in a cold voice as he put the key in the keyhole located in the armrest of the Throne.

The lair came alive the moment Azmuth turned the key, "Infiltrate the system and clear out all of Harvey's protocols and locate the Deviant archives. And also preserve the bodies of the Moloids, they'll be used as the foundation to create a new species."

—"Yes Sir. And Sir the fight above is reaching its climax. It would be wise to retreat to the surface."

"So it would seem Mr. Bean but there is still one thing I must do.", Azmuth pressed a button and the Chalice kept besides the Throne started filling up.

The water from the fountain of youth is said to be one of purest substances in existence with its origin surrounded in mystery. The water in Chalice was so pure and clear that it seemed that the Chalice was still empty.

Azmuth took a big gulp and drank the entirety of the water present in the Chalice. Though not extraordinary happened but Azmuth felt it deep within him the water took effect.

Taking the key with him, Azmuth made a run for the surface not before collapsing entrances to Lair from other other various Kingdoms essentially isolating his new lair from any other invasions.

Reaching the surface was much easier and faster compared to going down as Azmuth no longer had to exercise caution. He just gunned his Light Cycle towards the opening.

When he reached above ground he saw Tony Stark take the nuke through the wormhole. Everybody's attention was on the wormhole and Azmuth took advantage of it and retreated to his house.

P.O.V. Azmuth

The first thing I did once I reached home was to go down to my basement and take out a bottle of whiskey and poured myself a drink, well three to be specific.

'*sigh* that was... very difficult. I don't think I'll be able to sleep peacefully for a week or so. Harvey, you damn bastard fuck!! who told you that you could have a redemption arc. Now you've turned me into a cold genocidal maniac on a technicality.', I just sat in the darkness rubbing the bridge of my nose.

Taking in drink after drink as my alcohol tolerance was quite high, 'Fuck these powers. Man can't even get drunk to celebrate!! Yay!! Hooray!! I won. Fuvking bullsshit!!'

'*gulp*gulp* with Harvey gone, Tyrannus will soon know something is wrong and if he knows, the others will know as well especially his son Elder who also happens to be the child of a Deviant woman. Can't say she'll be pleased about what happened.', I thought as I ran my fingers across my hairs.

'I have claimed Harvey's kingdom and resources, soon eyes of hostility will turn towards me and the battle to defend it will begin. But I can't fight this war without soldiers. Sure Microbots are effective but they lack in number and I came close to loosing today.', *gulp*gulp* I just finished the bottle in one go as I thought of my plans moving forward.

"Aah!! It finally hit the spot. I just need to drink my guilt and sins away and everything will fine... it'll all be f-fine... *snore*", And I just slowly passed out, "... somebody... tell me... what I did... helped me achieve the greater good..."

While the Azmuth, or "Paradox", was resting. The world was going through a change.

Pieces set a long time ago were now starting coming into play as the ones who hid in shadows, were now starting to make their moves.

But they still would not show their hand.

.

.

.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A/n:- Yo my readers!! As you can see it was shorter chapter cause I just wanted wrap up the battle and aftermath and do so character development.

There isn't much that differentiates a genius from a madman, and our MC will flirt with his share of madness. Now some of you make think 'oh this wimpy bitch MC' 'so full of self doubt' or some other shit. Well to that you would be write because for all his IQ or future knowledge he is in all accounts a child.

He isn't even 12 yet, and I have fashioned the character around the OG Azmuth and those of you familiar with the shenanigans of a young OG Azmuth would find the character growth consistent.

Despite all that it's still the begin and no one likes perfect Mary Sue characters and I don't plan on writing such a character as well.

Anyways leave your suggestions, criticism and fact checks in the comments. And leave a review if you like my work.

Excelsior