Inhuman Warlock

"This is going to be annoying," Lucifer muttered, observing his hands. "But at least I'm alive. I was right; Time Manipulation is really energy consuming. It was the right decision to use it to get the energy spent."

"Using time energy gave me more insight into Time as well. I might not be able to bring anyone back to life, but now that my Time Core is healed, I should be able to do some fun things."

Even after being hurt, he was still happy at his gains. Absorbing the other Lucifer had not only healed his Time Core flaws but also evolved his other core abilities, which were affected.

For some reason, his control over all his abilities was better now, especially his Decay. He noticed that his hands were on the roof, yet the roof wasn't decaying without his wishes. It was only after he willed it that the roof started decaying, but the roof wasn't the only thing. Even the ground and the surrounding started decaying. The range of his decay also received a massive boost.

It could now cover more range. Overall, he was happy with whatever happened. He was happy that he came before Licorice, and things progressed the way they did. He also thanked his luck that he absorbed the other Lucifer. He didn't know how that other Lucifer had this immense Vessel energy.

When he absorbed the other Lucifer, he was only thinking about healing himself faster after using overdrive, but it came as a blessing in disguise. Without that Vessel strength, he wasn't sure if he could've even defeated Licorice. It all came down to the Time Manipulation!

He stopped the decay and pushed his body up, and looked straight into the horizon.

"Now that I'm here, I would certainly love to have some fun here," he smiled. "But I want to see my father first. I can always come here again. This place will always be here.

The only reason he hadn't messed with Atlantis with his Time Manipulation was because he wanted to deal with them himself to test his new abilities without the vessel strength. This was his testing ground. However, he didn't want to do that right now. That's why he hadn't intended to come here so soon. He was more eager to see his parents and everyone else that he had brought back!

He teleported inside the building and straight into the room where he had used the portal to go back last time. Even if he could control space, the distance to Triton was just too much. He couldn't teleport to that place.

If he wanted, he needed a hundred times more energy than he had. He would've been able to achieve it easily if he had the Vessel energy. Unfortunately, he was back to his old self again, just a bit stronger.

"Hmm? There is nothing here?" He exclaimed in surprise as he appeared in the room. The equipment and the portal were missing from this place.

"This academy also seems awfully empty, and all the destruction from last time is still here. They made no renovations. I guess they decided to shut this academy and took everything from here. This is annoying."

He appeared back at the roof after checking the academy, seemingly disappointed. He wanted to be back in Triton right away, but it seemed like this was going to take some time.

He looked in the direction of Main Atlantis city. His body started rising in the air as Lucifer flew straight towards the center of the city.

He was informed of the direction the last time he came here, but at that time, he had chosen against going there since he believed he wasn't strong enough. Now he wasn't worried, especially since he could find something to eat and get stronger along the way if needed.

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In the Royal Atlantis city, the Young King sat on his court with all his ministers. The Dungeon Dwellers had attacked every place except this one place.

The Atlantians didn't even know what had happened in the outside world as they weren't informed yet. It didn't even last for half an hour, after all.

The Royal Advisor of Atlantian King was also present in the court, back at his position after coming back from Triton. He had gone there to bring back Lucifer and the woman that the King was most scared of. However, the old man returned empty handed.

Hearing that, the Minister of Defense returned empty handed; the King was infuriated and only calmed down after the old man told him a story about why he had returned empty handed.

The old man made up a story about Lucifer killing himself after he was surrounded, and the body of the woman was also destroyed at the same time. Even though the King was angry that the man who angered him so much wasn't brought back, he was happy that at least they weren't alive.

The King had forgiven the minister and had allowed him an entry into his court again. The entire place was back to normal as they were before Lucifer's arrival. Everything was as before. Things were calm in Atlantis; no one knew that a storm was coming toward them.

Even though Lucifer wanted to be with his parents before dealing with Atlantis, now that he had to go back to the main city of Atlantis, he decided to finish things once and for all.

Just because he did a good act and brought his family back while saving himself didn't mean he was much different than before. He was still the same Lucifer who never forgave the people who attempted to kill him. He was the same person who could destroy an entire city to get one person back.

As he flew, he realized that his speed was also much faster. Unfortunately, he was also getting hungrier faster. He ate something almost every ten minutes to satiate his Hunger, most probably because he had just come out after sending too much energy.

Taking short breaks along the way, he finally reached the Capital City of Atlantis. It took him thirty minutes to get there though, even at his fastest speed.

After a long flight, he finally landed outside the Main City. There was a wide grin on his face. He didn't know why but this was a feeling he really enjoyed... The feeling of revenge! The feeling of destroying his enemies and watching looks of fear on their faces.

"Last time you gave me a gift. Let me give you one this time," Lucifer declared as he cast his ability of energy negation.