joeislove's 100-word story for April 14, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on April 14, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Called The Destroyer, Crusher of Worlds, Prince of Chaos, and The All-Consuming Darkness That Brings About The End Of All Things, Ivan sat atop the pile of stuffing and broken bodies of his opponents and sighed; there were no more worlds to conquer. Gazing at the carnage, the broken bodies of those who dared oppose him, he knew that any of his remaining enemies would never again stand against him. They would never question his will again, or face the same fate as these ones. "For the last time. The plural is octopodes, not octopi. It is a Greek root."

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