Loshavar

The town I selected was small and called Loshavar.

A population of around 200 Elves. A guard platoon of 20 excluding the Guard Captain. Which to my great surprise was an Arch-Mage. I was expecting at most a Great Mage. I should still be fine though.

I would like to satisfy my curiosity first. Hence, I "snuck" around the town with my invisibility to see why the good captain was here. The answer was bland. He was here because he wanted to build a family in the country.

There were a few farms around the town that provide food. Everyone else were just doing normal jobs. Nothing special was going on in this town. It was quite sleepy. 

Like everywhere else, humans were pets and farm animals here. No surprise but I still haven't really gotten used to seeing it. It subtly irks me as a small icky feeling in the back of my mind.

"Know what? Perhaps I should just destroy it all.", I mutter to myself. 

The Elves are currently irreconcilable enemies and the human here are all lost causes.

I decide, "I'll just leave the Captain alive. Everything else dies."

I waited until the night to strike. I conjured a mist of black matter, and pushed it through the town. Buildings and people were all erased in their sleep. It was soundless and there was not enough time to scream. I even got the farms outside the town.

The Captain was asleep too. By the time he was up and alert, the last vestiges of his home were erased. He was met with an empty land with no buildings and no people. He started to twist his expression in disbelief. 

"Lenor! Kalim! Elra!", He shouted out in grief and denial.

Then I appeared to him as a floating being whose darkness makes a hole in the night.

He looks at me in fear and anger, "It was you! What are you! Why!"

"It is simple, just as humans are lower on the food chain compared to you. You are all lower on the chain compared to me. Ant meets boot. Whether calculated or on a whim, doesn't matter. I destroyed everything you cherished here. What will you do Elf?", I say

He huffs and clenches his fist and jaw, "I will kill you or leave a mark before I die!"

I laugh, "I doubt that, but I would like to see you struggle to that end."

He didn't wait any longer and threw a bolt of lightning at me. It was fast and strong. I could dodge, but I had no need too. As the bolt was disrupted and dispelled pathetically as it hit my suit of Black Matter.

I taunt with a dismissing gesture of my hands, "Was that all?"

He then throes more bolts of lightning. I block them with a palm. He tries to encase me in Earth, I walk out of the stone dome like it wasn't even there.

He conjures a grand inferno and tries to bathe me until I am ash. A snap of fingers and neutrinos are released into the inferno. Neutrino disruption of magic is a redundant ability but can be more surgical. It is fun to use too. The inferno is snuffed out.

The displays of power could wipe out this town. An Arch-Mage is strong and he isn't even that winded. He is just a little winded.

I see him collecting a lot of mana into his two hands. He connects his hands and cocks them near his chest. He takes a diagonal forward leaning stance. As if he was about to launch something at me.

"Try and dismiss this you monster!", he yells as he pushes out his connected hands to me with open palms. A beam of concentrated non-elemental mana is sent at me. I put out my palm and it breaks against it. It does not harm me, but I can the pushing force it has. Not enough to me move though.

He roars as he keeps up the beam until he collapses to his knees in weakness.

I stop floating and walk to him. I stand above him and look down into his eyes with my faceless visage.

I say, "That was all you had. Time to share the fate of Loshavar."

He grits his teeth, "You will be found, and hunted down for this. You will not escape retribution!"

I chuckle, "I will not be found. No one will know the details of what happened here. Now die in vain."

I flicked his forehead and he was erased. His body broken apart into scattering being nulled.

A year had passed since eradicating Loshavar. They had since rebuilt the town as a symbolic action to not be dispirited. I have since tested myself against other Elves now. I can easily kill a Magus. I have not tried higher ranks as those Elves are too important to the government. I must be ready to take it all down before I start killing them.

Revisiting Loshavar, is irked me that they rebuilt in the exact spot of where I destroyed the previous town. So I pointed a finger and obliterated the town along with enough land to make an impressive crater.

I have also been thinking about how to lift humanity up. I keep arriving at answers that are inadequate by my standards.

Raising a separate population somewhere would take generations. Then generations more to get strong enough to fight back without getting defeated again. I would have to teach them Math, Science, Engineering, Literature, History, Medicine and Biology. I would be a teacher for a thousand years at least.

The question of where I would put them is a hard one too. With a growing population, at least one human will wander out from any sort of protection. Then get detected by the Elves. Which will no doubt scramble to find where the free and educated human came from. They can't have their livestock and pets becoming anything more after all. It is an inevitable event.

In the end, I can only think of one suitable solution.

"Genocide...", I tell myself.

Complete eradication of every Elf live on Earth. Then a subsequent reset of Earth. I would destroy every trace of the Elves. Then release the kept human population. I would give them time to come to their senses and have their survival instincts wake up. I would intervene only if needed to prevent too many from dying. 

Then it is simple natural order that will do my job. Although it will take thousands of years. At least 5000 years to exit the Stone Age.

After killing the Elves, I just need to prevent more from coming to Earth. I could cover the Earth in an invisible film of Black Matter. It would still allow sunlight and natural matter to pass through. No Elf ships, nor magic would be able to get through. As even the rare space magic that allows for teleportation will be rendered unusable with my intervention.

As for the system of extermination? I will start with the King, then the continent Lords. After them, I will kill the nobility and people of notable strength. Finally, I will kill the general population off.

Then the Earth will be clean.

The King is named Jahvenlar Irudica. Married to Queen Ophinala Irudic. Children being Prince Lenlum Irudica and Princess Nemesia Irudica.

There is no reason for me to delay. I will step over there now.

"Stepping", is a newly developed ability of mine. As my eyes can see through anything and my sight is not restricted by distance. I can make use of that. I combine my ocular prowess with my ability to manipulate gravity. I fold space and slingshot myself to the location I have in my eyes. I end up harmlessly going through any matter when I do this. Only exceptionally high gravity or a time anomaly can disrupt my "step", so far.

Arriving at the planet capital city, Enbrovillar, I was met with the grandest city. Stone buildings that touch the clouds and a palace above it all. A lofty palace to reflect the status of the royal family. Putting it in the sky is a bit much though.

I fly over to the front door. I walk through it, leaving a body-shaped hole in its marble doors. Just my luck, the King is having general audiences with his noble subjects in the throne room. So I just walk down a hallway or two to reach him.

 I enter the throne room and see a bunch of nobles prostrating to the King as they complain about their problems. At this point, there is no point in hiding myself. Although I have tested myself against Elves of their power. I am confident I can dominate.

I undo my invisibility and the guards are the first to notice me. The Royal Guard Commander steps forwards form behind the throne. His expression shows he is wary of me and perplexed by my form.

He shouts, "Who and what are you?! Why are you here? Are you some sort of demon?"

I say, "I am here to kill King Jahvenlar Irudica and his family. Along with every Elf in this palace. Then I will kill every noble. Finally, I will kill ever Elf of the general population. Achieving my goal of exterminating every living Elf on Earth."

The King stands up in anger, "Audaciousness! What makes you think you can achieve this. Why would you even attempt such an impossible endeavor?!"

"Simple, I am HUMAN. Your species have established themselves as an irreconcilable enemy of humanity. Therefore, all of you must die. Your women and children will not be spared.", I say resolutely.

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