Annihilus Part 10

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Alex, who was looking at the large mushroom cloud in the distance caused by Lina's attack, had mixed feelings.

He was disappointed at how weak Annihilus's army was.

He expected them to be more persistent, especially Annihilus, as he wanted to test his new power.

Well, what's done is done. Now, once Annihilus is defeated, he will give the Cosmic Control Rod to Riri to do her thing, after all it is of no use to him.

As he thought about that, he felt a tingling sensation, his Spider-Sense alerting him to danger.

A powerful beam of energy was fired at Est and Lina.

The two girls reacted and created a shield to protect themselves.

As the energy hit the shield, it created a large explosion, which began to spread towards the rest of Alex's group.

The Phoenix scoffed and quickly released a powerful field of psychic energy, stopping the blast from advancing.

Alex narrowed his eyes slightly and found the culprit.

It was a misaligned Annihilus, who was breathing heavily and had red eyes, showing his unstable emotional state.

It seems that he was really furious about the attacks.

But Alex wasn't bothered by Annihilus' mood.

He was already bored with that guy, who prevented him from making use of his new power.

If Annihilus heard Alex's thoughts, he would be really furious and would fight him to the death.

Est and Lina looked towards Annihilus, who was surprised that they were unharmed after receiving their attack and disappeared from their position.

That made Annihilus flinch and a shiver ran down his spine.

Wasting no time, he unleashed a powerful attack of Cosmic Energy in all directions.

Est and Lina, who appeared behind Annihilus to attack, were surprised at the insectoid's reaction but still calmly blocked the energy attack.

Even when they blocked the attack, they had to move back a few meters.

That already proved that the Cosmic Control Rod was an artifact that shouldn't be underestimated.

Est and Lina frowned dissatisfiedly as their surprise attack had failed.

Unlike the negative mood of the two cosmic girls, Annihilus was relieved and distanced himself from them.

He never really expected that coming to destroy these intruders would only cause his own.

Now he regretted doing it, if he was going to attack Genosha at first and get enhances on his body, then this wouldn't have happened.

If Alex knew what was on this guy's mind, he would be speechless and wonder if he would go crazy if he found out that he was already facing Genosha to begin with.

This kind of thing only happens due to lack of information and the arrogance of considering others as inferior beings.

Just as Annihilus made the decision to escape, his body felt a scorching heat that increased the temperature of the surroundings.

His face changed and he looked at the culprit several meters in front of him.

It was the Phoenix, who had appeared at the side of Est and Lina at some point.

Annihilus shuddered at the sight of her.

Unlike when he was fighting with Est and Lina, at most he felt danger for his life.

But facing the woman who released this scorching heat, he felt from the depths of his being that there was no longer any escape and there was only death.

Even feeling the power of the Cosmic Control Rod course through his body, he felt only despair.

He never expected that there would be a being of such a level.

"Y-you guys, there's no reason to aggravate this situation, if you want this place, I'll let you have it, as long as you don't cause me any trouble, okay?" Annihilus said with difficulty as he never expected to do this just to save his life.

Alex, who had approached, froze upon hearing Annihilus's words, he never expected such a situation.

‹Don't you have villainous pride?› Alex thought giving him a strange look.

Annihilus did not notice Alex's presence and kept looking at the Phoenix, Est and Lina, waiting for their answer.

"Hmph! How pathetic, I really don't understand how you got that artifact. But don't worry, we'll put it to better use than you" the Phoenix replied with a look full of disdain.

Not caring for Annihilus' expression to change at her words, she unleashed terrifying psychic fire at Annihilus, turning him to ash in seconds, giving him no time to scream.

The only evidence of his existence in that place were his ashes and the Cosmic Control Rod.

Alex, who saw Annihilus' death, said nothing and nonchalantly reached out to pick up the Cosmic Control Rod using his right hand.

He was very curious about that object.

Alex could feel the strange energy trying to get into him.

But his 'Imagine Breaker' went to work and the energy was repelled, and the Cosmic Control Rod showed signs of cracking.

Smiling, Alex used his left hand to hold it up and keep it from destroying itself.

It seems that his thoughts were true.

His 'Imagine Breaker' can work on technology, as long as it reaches the laws of magic.

Satisfied, Alex thought it was time to return to Genosha and wait for Riri to work wonders with the Cosmic Control Rod.

That artifact may be good for improving Genosha's security.

If Annihilus knew that he just enhanced the strength of people he thought would be easy to defeat, he would surely go berserk and full of rage.

Looking at Annihilus's ashes, Alex wondered if the guy was really dead.

If he remembers correctly, killing him wasn't that simple.

But that question passed quickly and Alex no longer cared.

Even if he did, he was no longer a threat, as long as he didn't have an object as powerful as the Cosmic Control Rod.

"Let's go" Alex said and walked towards the portal to Genosha.

The others followed him and left the Negative Zone.