[ WP ] An energy-destroying device is invented .

Verosh spoke the last words, fired the last few sigils and with his knife in hand prepared to give his blood to activate the machine. 
 
 Scientists, wizards and a whole host of world leaders surrounded him, surrounded the world's last hope. The vast sun blazed hot in the sky, scorching the ground and baking the onlookers. Dust and sand kicked up by the vicious winds tore at them. 
 
 The little protection they had was faltering, but they dare n't use any magic to keep it at bay, lest it interfere with the machine they'd spent the last 4 years desperately trying to complete. 
 
'This is it I guess' Verosh, the king of wizards spoke as he cut deep into his wrist. 
 
 His blood, glowing from the sheer magical force he contained poured into the leviathan of science and magic they'd worked on. 
 
 A sound louder than their ears could withstand resounded, and so they watched clutching their bleeding ears as the machine they'd build began to eat away at the outer layers of the red giant that humanity used to revere.
