Luclezeus

> "I'm not here to destroy the evidence. I'm here to destroy the witnesses."
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> — Luclezeus, Volume 10 Chapter 3
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**Luclezeus** was one of the Eight Great Apostles, the supreme ruling body of the Heavenly Empire. He is one of the antagonists.

He was killed by the 907th unit when he attempted to kill the unit and Sisbell Lou Nebulis IX in a failed attempted to stop them from revealing the truth that he and the other 7 Apostles covered up.

## Personality

Like his fellow Apostles, he is a twisted and selfish traitor. He is also paranoid when he feared the truth behind the 100 years war when he attempt to kill Iska, the 907th unit and Sisbell of preventing the truth to be revealed as he shown to be very delusional, believing he is not destroying evidence, he is destroying "witnesses".

His actions was also his downfall when he was killed by the 907th unit.

## History

A century ago, Luclezeus was part of the Eight Elders, the advisors to then Emperor Hakenweltz. They orchestrated everything from the excavation of astral energy, which led to the birth of Astral Mages, and their eventual uprising. Since the emperor fell unconscious after the initial wave of astral energy, the Eight Elders usurped his power and became the Eight Great Apostles.

Because each of the eight excelled in a scientific field, namely biology and engineering, they were to transfer their consciousness to a cyberbrain, allowing them to live past their human limitations.

## Synopsis

### Volume 10

Luclezeus sets out to eliminate Iska's group and Sisbell after they found the evidence of the Apostles' corruption at one of their hidden facilities. He possesses an Astralnomical Soldier and activates a barrier to trap astral power, hiding them from the Emperor Yunmelngen. He fires a laser beam at Sisbell, but Iska pushes her out of the way. As a result, Luclezeus uses *Nightgaze* on both hands, making it difficult for Iska to save them both. Sisbell tries to distract him with illusions, but the barrier interferes with her powers. Fortunately, the two are saved by Risya, who uses her astral thread to make the giant fall and miss.

The Apostle then summons blades from his hands to cut the thread and attack Risya, but Iska parries them with his black sword and destroys them. The boy also slices through Luclezeus' mechanical body, exposing the astral spirit inside, but it quickly regenerates. While he focuses on Iska and Risya, Jhin is able to deduce his weakness. Even though he could blow up the entire hall without hurting himself, Luclezeus didn't do so because it would've destroyed the stone pillars that supported the barrier.

After Unit 907 destroys the pillars, Sisbell is able to use her powers again and make an illusion of the Founder Nebulis, distracting Luclezeus long enough for Iska to slice through to his armor and reveal the astral spirit cage. Jhin, Nene, and Mismis then use their guns to destroy the cage and free the astral spirit. Without a power source, the vessel dies, and Luclezeus' consciousness disappears.

## Abilities

* **Astralnomical Soldier body**: A half-astral spirit half-machine, resembling a silver-colored Object covered in slimy snakelike scales. Due to losing his original body, the pseudoliving robot served as Luclezeus' vessel. It was fueled by an astral spirit, but since astral spirit couldn't possess inorganic steel, a cage was made to contain it. However, his own weakness is the power source which is a cage contains an Astral Spirit as shown the 907th unit used their guns to destroy the cage, resulting of Luclezeus' death.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: The Astralnomical Soldier is able to repair itself, including the mechanical parts. But it won't repair itself if the power source is destroyed.
	+ **Nightgaze**: Fires a destructive beam of astral energy from its palm, but unlike the Object's *Life-form Integra*, it doesn't take long to charge.
	+ **Planet's Crust**: Luclezeus summons curved blades, which are made from the same crystal as the Planetary Stronghold, from the back of his hands.
	+ **Bedrock Bloom**: Smashes the ground, leaving behind countless red circles that erupt like a volcano.
	+ **Firmament Bloom**: Creates blue circles on the ceiling, which rain down giant icicles.

## Trivia

* The Eight Great Apostles can only use 30% of the Astralnomical Soldier's full capabilities when using astral spirits as a power source. However, the Great Planetary Calamity at the center of the planet will give them 200% usability. This is the motive behind their actions.

## References

1. ↑ *Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World* Light Novel: Volume 10 Chapter 3