[Space Domain]
I said and my eyes shone bright golden, inside the dome, where we both were fighting, another Grey dome appeared covering me, Lucius and all the souls Lucius has summoned.
An unfathomable amount of pressure descended on every being apart from me and the souls which Lucius has summoned were mauled into the ground. Lucius bent down to his knees finding it hard to even raise his head up and I increased the pressure twice which resulted in him being buried deep into the ground.
Lucius was lucky to not have died because of his strong body but the souls he has summoned were not that lucky. They couldn't move before and when the pressure increased they evaporated into thin air as if they didn't exist.
The ability which Lucius displayed [Soul manipulation] was a lesser version of domain type ability which can only be exhibited by a primordial dragon. He can manipulate other souls within the specified area based on the strength of his own soul while inside a perfect domain I can control everything.
It didn't take long for all the souls to decapitate and with the gesture of my hand I brought Lucius out of the ground from where he was buried and hanged him in the air like a scarecrow.
Normally I could control the space outside the dome but the use of [Space domain] enhances my ability i.e. [Space bomb], [Black hole], [Space manipulation] etc. by hundred times. Inside the dome seeing Lucius hanging in the air not even able to lift a finger when he was a peak Dragon monarch I was amazed, how big of a gap is there between primordial dragon and dragon monarch.
The major difference between our realms was that a Dragon monarch can exert absolute control over their ability and mana, by merging both of them they can create a unique field based ability and effect their surrounding at their will.
While in case of primordial dragons they had absolute control over the laws which governed their ability with the help of law we can alter our ability to the extent our imagination allows us. I can strengthen or weaken my ability without any limit, increase the destructiveness of my attacks and many more.
In front of my [Space domain] the [Soul manipulation field] didn't stand a chance. It also consumed a huge amount mana therefore it was not useful in long battles.
[Dragon tongue: Free all the souls you have bound by your ability.]
I ordered him and could see few souls leaving his body but that was all his will is still not broken shaking my head I said.
"You still won't admit your defeat?"
"I never felt pleasure in tormenting my opponent before killing them but it would be different story if that opponent is you, what do you think Lucius?" I asked him and instead of his reply I was met with the visible fear in his eyes.
Increasing the pressure around his body I exerted more and more force his bones crushed and muscles started to get torn apart but due to pressure he couldn't open his mouth to scream only his painful moans could be heard inside the dome.
I tossed him across the dome like a ragdoll buried him deep into the ground tossed in the sky and after playing for few minutes I once again brought him in front of me his wound started to heal once again by themselves but retrieving my sword [Aurora] I stabbed him where his dragon heart was located and left the sword there, which stopped his regeneration and let him experience true pain.
"I think this much physical pain should be enough but I didn't feel any pleasure as I thought." I contemplated for few seconds about what to do then summoned psyche by my side.
"He should be weak enough now make him feel the worse hell you could imagine but don't kill him and also extract his memories." I said and psyche nodded.
'Yes lord.' He complied.
Not even few minutes have passed but Lucius's body started to shake uncontrollably while frozen in the air and his eyes lost its color. The beast is more adept in torcher than me I thought.
Undoing the [Space domain] the brain-dead body of Lucius fell to the floor and I once again ordered him.
[Dragon tongue: Free all the souls you have bound by your ability.]
This time without his consent many opaque figures left his body, he still had thousand of soul but didn't get the chance to use them and the humanoid figure of Lucius lying on the ground became more and more pale leaving an old wrinkled shell behind.
"Your real self looks better." I commented but couldn't hear the answer ignoring him I looked at psyche and asked him if he has found anything important.
'Lord his important memory has been wiped out but I was able to find some information about their plan I will transfer the memories to you now.' Psyche replied telepathically.
I allowed and the information started to get copied in my head and it seems that king has already taken measure for this type of situation. he will not discuss the important details with leaders until he has reached 99th floor.
Turning my head toward the helplessly lying 4th strongest leader Lucius I didn't feel any empathy and the way he is dying there couldn't be any more disgraceful death a proud dragon leader could experience.
"I don't want to dirty my hands so you can just kill him." Psyche nodded and removed the dragon heart from his body and stored it with him, which was the end of Lucius.
Ignoring the congratulation window I browsed through the memories psyche has transferred me and sure enough many useful parts of his memories were missing. But memory from the start of the meeting till now was intact and one last message sent by king to every leader before entering the tower attracted my attention.
'After we have overcome this hurdle, The Throne of Sovereignty shall be mine. Don't hesitate to lay your life for the cause because I will revive you even if your soul has been wiped out from existence.' As King Azmath entered the portal he spoke to every leader.