Description Lord Shadow

      In the aftermath of apocalyptic event, a man rises above the others to lead an era.

     With threat beyond the stars, as Supreme Beings of otherworldly watches over as Destiny and Fate work their way, an era of Gods descended upon Earth

     And in his rise, lies a terrifying secret.

     With all of this, could the Fate that was written be overturned? And will he truly rise to the top and...

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     301 HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS 1

      'What is it?' she asked herself, her thoughts echoes in this nothingness of space.

     What is this unfeelingness? She didn't know what she is now and in what form. It was like was a strand of something

     She knows who she is….or a fragment of it. It felt like she was forgetting something. But she didn't know where she is.

     She knows she falls unconscious before she was here. But now that she has awoken all she could see was this…..nothingness.

     She thinks to herself.

     Is she floating? Or is she standing? No she is not standing. Because if she is, she must feel something solid beneath his feet. But she felt nothing.

     She did not feel pain. But she did not feel at ease either. She didn't know what she is doing here.

     It was like a punishment but it doesn't feel like it. It was like she spends eternity here in this darkness of nothingness.

     Then a green light flashed her by and with an image formed in her mind.

     It was just a flash of light but for some reason she could see it and understand it even though it just passes her by in just a span of a fraction of a second.

     In that image she saw Time Energy in chaos; she saw reality breaking apart like a picture breaking off into puzzle pieces and slowly crumbling.

     And in that image she saw an eye, one of it was blue the other is hazel.

     That eye seems to emit a light that encompasses all creation and it was like that eye could see everything in the entire Universe.

     And then she saw something else. She saw someone running so fast that Time is reversed and the barrier of reality weakened.

     That person who was running even though she could not see who it was she could see that person turning into a bolt of green lightning piercing Time and Space

     The Time Continuum shakes unstably and at the edge of collapsing, lightning arcs shines over all the Universe and realities with each step that person takes.

     It was like that person is lightning itself, a lightning that could pierce Time and Space and at the same time wreaking havoc in the rules of the Universe.

     And then in that image she saw herself, once again, giving one of her eyes to that black robe man with one ring in each finger.

     That man hold out his hand and she offered him her eyes. And then like the flash of green light the image disappeared and she was again surrounded by nothingness

     Then silence. Just darkness and nothingness once again. Silence and nothingness accompanied her for what felt like a lifetime.

     She continue…existing in this form.

     She waited for another green flashes to happen.

     It was like she was here, existing here to wait for these flashes so that she could see more and understands more

     It was like these green flashes is her way back home.

     'Home' She spoke and in the darkness of this nothingness her voice echoes endlessly. This is the first word she spoke in this darkness.

     She thinks to herself about the concept of home. Where is her home? And what is a home? She pondered about this matter.

     She is trying to understand what the words means. It was like if she could understand this, her path is clear.

     She is trying to remember. Trying to awaken something about herself. She knows her name is Erika.

     She knows what she could do. She could see the future. But other than that….it is blank. Nothingness.

     Then she felt something hurting. She felt her heart hurting. And that her heart longs for something or someone.

     Then she remembers a face. Then an image appeared inside her mind, unveiling something that is in her mind.

     It was her, in a shaking carriage. She seems to be going somewhere. She saw hills and trees and she saw the ocean not too far away from the road.

     She was smiling as she looks at a man. Then slowly she leaned down and kisses a sleeping young man.

     The young man stirred and she immediately acted like nothing happened. But her heart beats wildly and there is a trace of innocent smile on her usually solemn face.

     She looks carefree and unburdened for that one moment. The young man stirred but did not wake up, his body is still lean on the side of the carriage.

     'Little Anthony' the one in the vision said and just like that light exploded in this darkness of nothingness.

     And almost immediately she gains a corporeal body, no longer in that non-existence form that resembles more like a thought or a will.

     But while she now possesses a corporeal body she could not move at all. She was swept by the current of a force in this nothingness to endlessly remain drifting

     She is floating not in the darkness anymore but sea of stars. It was beautiful, fascinating enchanting and bedazzling.

     It was such a grand spectacle.

     It was the most beautiful images and scenery she had ever seen in her entire life. It takes her breath away.

     For a moment she forgets to think of who she is and where she is. For that one moment she just enjoys the vastness of this space.

     And as she drifted she remembers who she is. And she knows where her home is. But….she is still there.

     Still existing…still is drifting. And she is floating without direction pushed by whatever force that exist in this sea of stars.

     So she waited again.

     This time while she is still floating she is not at as feeling unease as before. As she drifts in this space all she saw is the stars.

     And even when she didn't know when this would end, she knows she have a home. A person she needs to meet, a person she needs to get back to.

     A person she called Little Anthony.

     She still didn't remember much about herself but she remember these two things.

     And as the feeling that she would spend eternity in this place strengthened, it was this memory that kept her from losing hope.

     And then as she drifts like she always did another green light flashes her by and another image enter her mind.

     Her eyes turn cloudy white and she saw another scene. She first heard songs of joys, trumpets, pianos.

     It was the song of a wedding and the cheer of a union. It was a wedding scene and she appeared there in a translucent form.

     No one could see her and no one could sense her. It was like she did not exist there but she could see everything, hear everything and feel everything.

     But then as people were celebrating and laughter could be heard all over the wedding area, she heard screaming.

     The faces of the people in the wedding were all of a blur. But she did saw a few things. She saw a burnt off human skins on the ground and white bandage.

     She saw an arrow of fire. She saw space distortions and she saw a pool of water in the ground when she was running out from the ceremony.

     She acted like the people in the image. She ran away from the scene as fast as her feet could get her

     As she was running out she look up in the sky and saw an eagle flying high. She saw the arrow of fire being broken by a white holy arrow.

     And then she saw a shadow. It is a large shadow that envelops the entire place and with it descends an aura full of killing intent.

     She saw bones and she saw a gleam of a light.

     She saw black flames that seem capable of burning everything in existence.

     And then the dark shadows dissipated.

     The arrow of fire has stopped emitting fire like it was being extinguished; a swirling dark aura is swirling around the arrow.

     The pool of water turned into gas and merge with the clouds.

     The brunt off skins have been cleaned, the white bandage is nowhere to be seen and the space no longer distorts

     And the white holy arrow is now blown by the wind and went to the direction of the black flame.

     Like a moth going to the fire. It was like that holy arrow wanted to be consumed by the fire

     Then the image changed and she was at another place looking at herself.

      She saw herself….waiting for someone in Athens.

     'Athens? What is Athens and where is it?' she asked herself. How did she know Athens? She asks herself again.

     And then the vision stopped and she was again floating existing and drifting in this space, in this sea of stars.

     As she thinks and thinks in this place where time is uncountable and has no meaning she slowly remembers.

     She is Erika the Oracle. And Athens is where she comes from. And her home is Little Anthony.

     She remembers all of this and with that realization she understand what kind of force that kept her floating in this sea of stars.

     The force that pushes her in this sea is none other than Time. And the image is Space with a bit of essence of Time. She is watching things that would be happening.

     But not all vision makes sense and were shown to her obviously. It was like a puzzle she needs to rearrange. It was shown in symbolism with image she could understand.

     She is pushed by Time to see things.

     What thing? Even she didn't understand what she has too se and what it means. But it was her job to witness it.

     And maybe when it ended it will make sense.

     Now that she knows why she is here she waited again. She once again floated and drifts in space.

     But this time she was not as anxious as before. She waited patiently, ready to see whatever she is supposed to.

     And she muttered in the presence of brightly lit stars and the vast emptiness of space.

     'My name is Erika. I am the Oracle. I come from Athens. My home is Little Anthony' She chanted these words like it was a prayer.

     She chanted it so she would not forget. No matter what she sees, she didn't want to forget this words and what it means for her.

     Then another image entered her mind as another flash of green light passed her by.

     She was in another vision.

     She saw a hunter, she saw colorful vials and large explosions and she saw green dark red smoke.

     And then when the explosion ended, when the dust settles she saw a hat. And coming out from that hat is a rabbit.

     The hat looks like a magician hat. She saw a green land fertile and prosperous being covered by snow.

     In the white expanse of the snow, she saw red snows filling half of the white expanse.

     'Blood' she thought to herself. Like before this vision is rife with symbolism.

     But more than what she sees it was the thing she felt that left the most impression on her. She felt hatred…such a powerful hatred that it threaten to suck all the good in her heart.

     She saw an explosion and heard the screaming like an entire planet being pulverized into ashes. She could see only a blur of the people responsible for such horrendous thing.

     She then heard a laugh.

     And then she heard a growl that causes her entire body to shiver in fear.

     Then she heard a roar.

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     The first chapter this week. There will probably be five or four parts. Anyway a lot of things will be foreshadowed in this chapter

     Anyway, someone was asking me about the Path of Perfection in the comment section. I wanted to compile what I have already written about the Path of Perfection and explain as best as I can without spoiling the ending. But because i was too busy editing Age of Adventure I had never got the chance.

     I will probably explain it in another afterword later. Anyway this is Erika the Oracle story and a few parts of the chapter is dedicated to her,. there will also be a revelation which connect to what Loki said about Erika in the previous chapter.

     Anyway I have been busy watching a girl group IZONE. And Endgame ( I don't know what the big deal about spoiling it. There is an article about this spoiling thing being blown out of proportions)

     And game of Thrones ( only two more episode left. Still hope George RR Martin will not follow the TV. Because I still don't like episode 3 of season 8)

     Anyway hope you enjoy the story and a new chapter will be posted tomorrow

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     302 HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS 2

      And amidst all of this chaos and the screaming and howling, there is a green eyed raven looking at all this thing.

     The green eyed raven blinks for a while and then it flies away and then vision stopped

     Erika is now slowly gaining her memory. She now remembers why she fainted. And she no longer chanted

     'Death Monarch' she said her voice is now clear and now she could move her finger. This time she would no longer wait.

     She shouted in the emptiness of this space.

     'Come to me!' She shouted and like an order this space obeys her words. The entire space distorted and it seems to emit the power of Space and Time

     Another green light emerged from out of nothingness and this time instead of passing by the Oracle it struck her in her forehead.

     Her entire being was envelop in that green light that has turned into mist that swirls around her entire body

     And then an image appeared in Erika mind.

     She saw a monster in that vision, horrendous and seems to possess no mind whatsoever. The monster seems to be destroying anything on its path, devouring life wherever it trails.

     She saw a green sand hourglass in an abandoned island beside a crystal coffin. Weirdly the sand in the hourglass did not fall down.

     It was like Time was unmoving in that island.

     She saw a snake trapped in a sturdy cage.

     She saw a white snow expanse being melted by a green acid rain as it turned into water and flow endlessly creating a water trail and pooling to become a river.

     She saw a tiger and a dragon sailing through a mist, weakening at every moment.

      And then she saw an owl. The won was at first looking at everything with its eyes. Then when it is time the owl hoot and then it flies off and fought the monster, clawing it with its claws.

     The vision then stopped and then Erika was back again in the space of stars. This time she is standing.

     She is no longer drifting aimlessly like before. Instead she now could control herself and felt that she could direct the force that has been pushing her all this time.

     When she wanted to go forward the force of Time push her forward. When she wants to go back, the force of Time pushes her back.

     Then she saw a green light in the distance emanating the same aura as the other green light that have passed her by.

     It is a little bit further but Erika knows there must be a reason for that green light to be so far away.

     'Forward' she thought in her mind and then like lightning, the force pushes her forward.

      It was like she was light embodiment as she travels so fast that she should have been melted by the heat of the friction force or crushed by the pressure of the speed.

     She then in a matter of moment arrived in front of the green light.

     She cautiously approached the green light and could feel the immense power of Time surrounding this green light.

     This green light looks like a strand, a thread of yarn

     She then takes a deep breath and said

     'I need to try it. I need to at least try to see it' Then decisively she grabbed that green light and the space around her distorted and the Time that is around her also distorts and then she was in another vision

     This time she was in space surrounded by a dark galaxy as seven godly beings face off each other on a large table that was three times as big as Earth.

     Each time they raised their voice thunder boomed, lightning strikes and the land shakes

     Erika was stunned. Not because of the power of these seven godly beings but because she recognize this vision.

     'This is that vision' she thought to herself.

     She once again saw the seven godly being that is gigantic as they dwarfed the planets and the stars. By now Erika had already determine who some of them are.

     Of course most of it is just her assumption .They all have their colors and all were shrouded by lights so Erika couldn't really see them all clearly

     One particularly was shrouded by dark red lights that seem to choke the life out of Erika but this time Erika could see him a little bit clearly.

     She drew her gasp as she finally verifies her assumption.

     The man wearing the rings in each finger, the black robed man that haunts her dreams is none other than the Death Monarch.

     However this Death Monarch is colder and even more powerful than the Death Monarch that she knows.

     The aura he emanated was like he was the source of destruction and Death aura around him was so thick that anyone who is close to him would have their lifespans reduced.

     But that is probably because he was angry.

     He disagrees with the other Six Gods and the other Six Gods keeps trying to persuade him. It seems he was the leader or at least the most powerful one of the seven.

     Then he went away.

     Then there is one other that is surrounded by green light holding a staff. Even though she could not see that person face Erika felt like she was familiar with this aura

     Unconsciously she takes a step closer and then the scene changed as Erika tries to go closer to see the other faces

     She saw fire. It was a great fire that devours the world from end to end.

     And she sighed. Because she knows what she is seeing right now. She has seen it many times in her nightmares. This is the War of the Gods

     She once again saw the Great War, millions of humans fighting to kill each other and hurling magic and clashing their weapons.

     Millions dead, bodies filled the battlefield piling up to form a horrendous sight of hills of dead bodies all over the battlefield, sea of blood was formed and the soil were thick with red soils.

     She watched over the battlefield and she saw the green snake, its eyes vicious and poison it's spit out from its mouth.

     Green mist swirls around that snake

     A golden lightning then strike the land like a hammer striking a glass, breaking off a large chunk of the earth as a golden eagle could be seen in the sky, lightning spewing out from its feathers, showering the battlefield with thunderstorms, taking more lives.

     Then she looks up. Because she already knows what she is going to see. And once she looks up she saw it.

     Then on the skies, appears a large brown eye the size of the moon. No, to be exact, the eye is the moon.

     She saw the Moon that was formed from the eyes of a person.

     It was an illusion that rendered every mortals and human immobile and their eyes dazed like they were trapped in an illusion.

     They all looked happy like they are seeing paradise, like all their dreams were being fulfilled.

     She then saw the earth quake like it was angry. She saw fissures appearing without rhyme or reason.

     Sinkholes were formed and then from the crack of the Earth emerged a gigantic tree with its roots deep in the Earth, biding everything.

     The screaming and the killing continued and Erika wanted to close her eyes. But she endures. She keeps looking. Like a witness.

     Then something falls down on top of her head. It was cold. Cold air comes from the north as she shivers and then snowflake falls down.

     In a matter of second the snowstorm suppressed the thunder storm created from the flapping of the golden eagle.

     She knows what she is about to see next.

     She is supposed to see the sand hourglass which reminds him of the green sand hourglass she saw before and then she would see the black scythe.

     But suddenly there is a cold voice ringing in her ears

     'Who's there?' Erika immediately almost jumps in fright. She remembers this voice when she saw the face of Paulette in one of her vision.

     It was the man she could not identify that asked her this question. One of the Seven Gods

     'Who is trying to peek through Time?' This time the voice was booming and full of majesty. Time swirls around the sound wave.

     There is also a hostile feeling from Time itself against Erika.

     And immediately Erika felt like her entire body is about to explode and then she immediately went out from the vision.

     She coughed up blood and her face turns pale, her vitality and lifespan was harmed in that brief moments. With a few words, that voice renders her useless

     She was about to faint and once again drifts in this sea of stars when someone holds her from behind, preventing her from lying down in this floating space.

     The moment that hand touches her, her entire body was rejuvenated.

      That terrifies her more than hearing that voice because she should have been the only one here.

     She quickly pushed herself forward and then turned to look at the person who is holding her from behind.

     When she looks at that face shock was one of the emotions running in her mind But most of all it was disbelief.

     She saw herself....an older version of her with One Eye.

     Now there will be some answer about why Erika didn't wake up from her sleep. And there is a lot of foreshadowing in Erika vision. It always has been so many foreshadowing when Erika is involved. And there is a lot of hint each time Erika appears

     And guys and gals( Thought I don't think many girls read this kind of story)do check out my other novels Age of Adventure and Song of Heroes. Song of Heroes is kind of stopped for a moment since I am editing Age of Adventure and writing Lord Shadow at the same time.

     But do check it out.

     Anyway, this is it for today. Wait a few days before I post a new chapter though maybe by this time I am already finished with the new chapter

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     303 HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS 3

      'Ah, I didn't know I was so easy to be spooked when I was younger. I have forgotten' Then looking at her the older version of her said

     'Young Erika, we have much to talk about'

     Erika looks at the older version of her and she was speechless.

     'You could call me One Eyed Erika'

     And the One Eyed Erika smiles

     What would you need to talk to me about? Then One Eyed Erika smiles.

     'You see, that Trickster always thinks he is always one step ahead of everyone. He calculates, but I see. And I see everything. From the beginning until the end. A witness to the End of Times.'

     If Loki could hear the One Eyed Erika words right now he would have surely be angered.

     Because he is falling to the same trap like he did to Morgana. The moment Morgana seek Giselle it spell her demise causing Loki to return her to her origin.

     But the moment Loki try to mess with Erika mind, the seal her future self has planted in herself kick back. Existence like the Oracles who could foresee the future has a very peculiar trait

     And one of those traits is that they are not really constrained by Time.

     'Trickster?' Erika said, her voice echoing in this space.

     Then slowly understanding dawned on her

     'Loki the Trickster!' The One Eyed Erika smiles and nodded. This is the reason why Erika is still unconscious even though there is nothing wrong with her body.

     One part of it is because of Azief Heaven Sundering Finger but the other is because her future self has chosen to self-manifest in her consciousness.

     It is just a wisp of will and would disappear in a moment time but it is enough

     But this meeting would not happen unless there is a traumatic shock to Erika body.

     But how could the One Eyed Erika foreseen this moment?

     For others they might need planning but for an Oracle, the explanation is self-explanatory.

     They see it. They see everything in the long passage of Time.

     'There is not much time, little one. I must tell you something. Something very important. We must rectify our mistakes. Such tragedy must not befall the Universe since again'

     Then One Eyed Erika takes a step forward and she appears almost instantly in front of Erika.

     'There will be a little bit of pain but you must not let go of the connection' she said and then she touches Erika forehead with one finger and then information and images streamed directly into Erika mind.

     She was almost overwhelmed with all the images, visions and knowledge she is imparted with. She felt pain assaulting her mind, like her head is being split open by an axe.

     But she endures it.

     She did not let go of that connection.

     The more the older version of her transfer her knowledge and the more vision swimming in Erika mind, the more her older version of her becomes weak.

     Her body becomes translucent like every image took away her life force

     Then slowly she turns into green motes of light that scattered in the vast space like dandelion seeds.

     But her words echoes forlornly in Erika consciousness.

     'Do not forget. Remember. Please remember!'

     And then a Song could be heard echoing inside this space like a tune that comes from a flute. And then she wakes up. She opens her eyes and saw the white ceiling.

     Her body felt energized and her mind is clear. The voice still echoes in her ears. Like a pleading. Like a prayer.

     She immediately knows where she is. She is in the hospital. She could smell the herbs from a distance and heard the people being rushed to the emergency room below her.

     Her cloudy eyes turn normal the moment she wakes up.

     She was about to get up from the bed when she felt something warm holding her hands. She looks at her right hand and there she sees him.

     And a smile bloom on her face like the beautiful spring dawn in the morning driving away the darkness.

     It is him. Her home. Her eyes are gentle and there is a trace of more than just gratitude hidden in those gentle eyes.

     Antonius is holding her hand, sleeping peacefully, his face on the edge of her bed; his body slumped on the chair.

     He seems exhausted

     Erika smiles a bit and then said

     'Little Anthony' and she caressed his hair.

     'It seems I have returned home. And there seems to be many more adventure we have to pass' Antonius is sleeping deeply.

     It was like looking at a beautiful painting.

     Leaning down she kissed his cheek and then smiles bitterly and continue sleeping.

     Nobody needs to know she has woken up right now. She wanted to rest. She wanted to sleep without being drifted into darkness and nothingness.

     She just wanted to sleep. Because right now she is tired and weary. She has learned too many things in a short period of time.

     There are things she forgot in the vision she saw in that darkness but there is also things she remembers she must do.

     But…..let that be later. For now, she just wanted to take that nap. So she closed her eyes and she drifted to sleep almost immediately

     Outside the hospital room, on the edge of the window sill looking at all this is a green eyed raven.

     The moment Erika closed her eyes and went back to sleep that raven flies off its green eyed has now return back to normal.

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     Hehehe.

     It seems Loki is not the only one with a plan. Erika is never to be underestimated. Anyone notice that most of Loki enemies is woman?

     he really had bad luck with woman, don't you think? Another chapter tomorrow. Hope you enjoy it and try to see the hint.

     And guys and gals( Thought I don't think many girls read this kind of story)do check out my other novels Age of Adventure and Song of Heroes. Song of Heroes is kind of stopped for a moment since I am editing Age of Adventure and writing Lord Shadow at the same time.

     But do check it out.

     Anyway, this is it for today. Wait a few days before I post a new chapter though maybe by this time I am already finished with the new chapter

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     304 HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS 4

      PANDEMONIUM

     It was night.

     Azief is back on his residence. He was sitting by the window, looking outside in his large living room.

     He was looking at the Garden of Pandemonium. Even at night the Garden is beautiful. It makes one heart calm just by seeing it

     Today a lot of things had happened. Not all of it was pleasant of course. But everything was important.

     He took a sip of the cold drink on the table beside him. He sighed. He notices that while he becomes stronger, the threats he had to face also become stronger.

     There is always a higher mountain to climb. He wanted to stand on top of the mountain. It might be lonely but he wanted to see it and verify it for himself.

     The view from the top. Is it really lonely? Is it really grand?

     He won't know until he experience it by himself.

     The Path he has to walk is still long. There were many times he wanted to stop walking down this path but he knows that was just him being sometime discouraged.

     It was a time where he is tired and felt small. But, he never gives up.

     At least if there is one thing he had learned from all of his experience after the Fall, he must never give up.

     Even if he was slow…as long as he does not give up…. there is still a chance.

     So, he has never stopped taking a step in his Path. At times he runs smoothly, other times he struggled but his steps never stops.

     It is because of that he reached where he is now. But he knows the road is still long.

     Other than his forming a new Disk today which alarmed many other factions he also learns that Sofia did not yet enter the Palace.

     He did not send any Shadow Guard to look over Sofia because he felt that would be disrespectful.

     Of all the news he could pay more attention today it was the fact that Sofia is here in Pandemonium that rattles him the most.

     Sofia….don't know how much she affect him because he never let it show. He never let anyone in on that.

     Azief was not a man that let on his feeling very much. When he was talking with Sofia the last time, he was speechless.

     As he took another sip it was like he was back there on that night.

     He didn't know what to say. When she was gone, he looked back on that moment a hundred times over.

     And each time…he felt the same pain he did that night. He thought to himself…is there any words that could make her stay?

     He was never a talker. But at that moment he wished he knew all the words in the world. He wanted to say the right words, the right words to make her stay beside him.

     Maybe that word wasn't invented yet. Maybe it doesn't exist.

     In the end he simply didn't know what to say…so he let her go. Because he didn't know the right words.

     He doesn't know anything.

     He didn't know what to feel and he didn't know how to turn off this feeling that he had. But letting her go….letting her go that day was a mistake that he keeps thinking about.

     It was painful and it was hard. And that pain just stay in place.

     Maybe this makes him selfish. He could lie of course. That was always an option. Azief shakes his head.

     He could lie to anyone in the world, he could even lie to the entire world…and he wouldn't blink an eye.

     But he would never lie to her. He promised her that. He would lie. Not matter what. Because he knows her pain and knows her past.

     So he would not lie to her….no matter how much it hurts.

      But he was also prepared to have his heart broken.

     To be mocked and be slapped on the face. He wouldn't even mind if Sofia wanted to hit him until she was satisfied.

     Because he knew he was selfish.

     The only thing he wasn't expecting is that she wouldn't stay.

     Because that possibility terrifies him so much he did not even think of it and the moment she went away…he didn't know what to do.

     People all over the world cultivate to increase their strength as their priority but Azief is using cultivation to run away from his problem.

     When he was living Azul life…for a moment, he could forget how badly he screws up in real life. When he is back on Earth and now that he is truly back, he was reminded of it.

     He didn't know Katarina answer. And he didn't know what his relationship with Sofia is right now.

     All of this contributed to him trying to run away from it by training in seclusion.

     He didn't want to hurt any of them. And that is where his selfishness lies. He didn't know if it was possible to love two women at the same time but that is what he felt.

     He would not mind people calling him names.

     After the Fall many powerful people took concubines simply because they could. Even woman who are powerful could take multiple men if they are capable.

     But…not many did that even if they can.

     Not because they can't, or because monogamy is the only way, it is because somehow human's emotions are heightened the more they become stronger.

     Love and hate become heightened

     Some people could accept it….but Azief could not accept it and he knows Sofia couldn't accept it just like him.

     But he just didn't want to hurt any of them. So, he loved them both. It looks like the solution but he knows it is not.

     In the matters of the hearts, the simple solution might not be the right solution.

     So, when Sofia asked about his feeling he did not lied.

     He sighed.

     Azief don't know whether she already knew that he knew she was here or not. But the fact she is still not here….there must be something holding her back.

     But…what is holding him back right now to get out of this Palace to come and get her?

     Because he doesn't know. He doesn't know what to do. Because nothing that he would say would excuse him that he love two girls.

     Two beautiful great girls. And it was hard because he doesn't know who to choose. It was like an impossible question.

     Whatever he does, he would hurt one of them. Not matter what he chooses both of them will get hurt.

     And that hurts him more than both of them know.

     He sighed.

     'Brother, you are sighing too much' the voice makes Azief smiles bitterly.

     'You don't have as many problem like me that is why you are not sighing' On the opposite side of the room is Will the Purple Speedster.

     Arcs of lightning are coursing inside his body even while he is sitting doing nothing.

     He is also relaxing in the room and he told Azief about the Oracle visit but that she was rendered unconscious before Azief returned to the Palace.

     The fact that the Oracle travel from God knows where just too meet him raise alarms for both Will and Azief.

     It is why Will escorted her inside the Palace. He tries to see if anything was wrong. He checked everything about her from her facial expression to her bodyguard.

     Nothing seems out of the ordinary. Will could not really rid of her since she didn't intend to do anything harmful.

     But maybe the harm would come later. Will knows that the Oracle was never a fighter. In a way she is like Sina.

     Both of them are equally influential but both of them have no fighting skills whatsoever.

     If Sina is influential because of her ability to create pills and alchemical solutions that helps people, then the Oracle is influential because of her precise prophecy.

     But as there are people that were helped by her prophecy there are also people who have been ruined because of her prophecy.

     It is one thing if he seeks for the Oracle; it is another matter entirely for her to seek him. It also raises some suspicion about this Oracle.

     Azief have always been cautious.

     'The Oracle, huh' Azief muttered inaudibly.

     Azief never like The Oracle even though he never met her in person. It was like a feeling. Like she is someone that he needs to avoid.

     He could never explain this distaste he felt for the Oracle so he didn't bother explaining it to his people.

     After all since he is the sole decision maker what he says goes.

     Since the Fall so many people try to meet the Oracle and ask her to divine their fates but not once Azief was even tempted to meet her.

     Azief don't think it is good to catch the attention of the Oracle. But Azief is curious why the Oracle would travel thousands of miles just to meet him.

     Since she is unconscious right now even Azief could only wait until she is woken up to ask her purpose.

     Not to mention Azief is not that interested in knowing his own future.

     It is not because he did not believe in the Oracle it is just that he heard what Alsurt said about Oracles and Norn's before.

     Their prophecy and their vision could not be trusted literally and completely. It will come true eventually it is just not the way you think it is.

     That is the thing about prophecy.

     And sometimes listening to the prophecy would actually make the prophecy to become true like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

     For example if a man knows that he would die because of some other people, in an effort of trying to save his life he would try to kill the person that is supposed to be responsible for his killing.

     And then somehow fate would dictate that the person that man is trying to kill would survive by some stroke of fortune.

     Angered at the fact someone is trying to him without any reason, the person prophesied to kill the man would then kill the man.

     It is a cause and effect. It could also be considered to be Karma. It could also be called Destiny and Fate.

     Would the Effect really happen if the man did not hear the whispers of the Oracles and become the cause of the Karma?

     If he didn't listen to the words of the oracle and did not know his fate would he still offend that person? Or would he lives a good life until he is old and die on his deathbed happy?

     Of course this is just an example. But it remains true. Listening to the whispers of the oracle is a very dangerous thing.

     It is better to avoid it if one can

     It could lead one astray from one own heart because of the fear of the future. Azief shakes his head and let that out of his mind and then he turns to Will and ask

     'How is Lily, you think? Azief ask. Will just smiles and said

     'Hopefully good. Since I left her there, I think she would be safe' Azief nodded in agreement. Thinking about it is a perfect plan minus opening a portal in Earth Prime that could lead to otherworldly invasion force to come from the breach.

     Thankfully Azief managed to close the breach before it became bigger

     But Azief have always been forgiving of his friends. In a way that is his flaw.

      The last time they split off against each other is because of the fact that Will needed to protect his younger sister, Lily.

     It was why he opened a portal to another world and how Azief ended up in Earth 39.

     Thankfully everything ends well in that world and Azief even find a fragment of the All Source using it as a base for him to form the All Source Disk.

     Now, even when he is at Earth he could use variety of energy that would baffle and pressure any other Disk Formation leveler who mostly derives their Disk from the elements and the surrounding energy of the world.

     Will was drinking whiskey. But no matter how much he drink he could never get drunk. His fast metabolism makes it impossible for him to be drunk or intoxicated.

     He put down his glass and then his face turns a bits serious he ask

     'Loki was spotted. In Svalbard. He was seen helping Raymond, Hikigaya and Oreki fighting Sithulran. It seems he is also now Disk Formation' Azief also put down his glass and nodded.

     'I know'

     'Don't you think you should do something?' Azief did not say anything. Will clicked his tongue and then said

     'I know you think he knows who tried to kill you that day. You should seek answer. Ask him.'

     Azief frowned. Then looking once again outside the window he sighed.

     'I don't think he knows. I know he knows'

     Will sighed.

     'You share with me everything brother. But you never shared anything about Loki to me' Azief just shakes his head.

     Azief did not know how to responds other than his usual sighing.

     Will shake his head.

     Then sincerely he said

     'But just because you don't share anything about him with me it doesn't mean that I don't notice anything. I am a Speedster. If there is one thing I am most sensitive about it is Time Energy. And I sense that from Loki. It is not the same kind of Time Energy that exist in the Speed Source but it is of a different kind'

     Will continue

     'I don't know how to explain it. There is nothing incongruous about him being in this time which means he is of the person that exist and have been existing in this timeline yet there is a swirl of Time energy that I could not recognize around him. It was like a different Laws of Time around him

     Azief did not say anything g but it is a good as confirming some of Will doubt. Will think a bit before he ask the next question

     Heavily Will asked.

     'What is his purpose? Does he mean harm against you brother?' Will ask Azief. There is a gleam of killing intent in his eyes.

     Azief then look at Will and said with a tone he always uses when he is giving an ultimatum to someone.

     'You will do nothing to him, Will' then he did not speak another word. There is a heavy silence in the room.

     Will knows there is no use arguing about it now so he just nodded his head.

     They both take a soup of their choice of drink before Will once again ask him

     'There is still Sithulran. She is getting stronger and a much bigger problem than before'

     Azief ears perked up

     'Raymond, Oreki, Hikigaya almost lost in battle with her before Loki slays her with a staff. But we already knew that is just a temporary solution she will come back and probably stronger than before. The Orvanians bait didn't interest her. It was like she suddenly lost interest. She is turning to be more than just a headache. The World government and the Republic will surely ask for your cooperation in this matter'

     If there is one person that knows why Sithulran didn't take the bait it is probably Loki.

     Of course the whole world did not know the secret war being waged between Loki and Yewa Hafar on the background, setting up chess pieces and moving them all across the globe and even beyond this world.

     Even Azief did not know about Yewa Hafar interference.

     This delicious bait that is being dangled by the Orvanians would have normally brought Sithulran biting but Yewa Hafar has spoiled their bait.

     It is why Loki personally interfered, showing himself to the world once again.

     Azief on the other hand hearing about Sithulran, his eyes gleams with excitement and battle intent around him is trying hard to break out from his own suppression.

     After he has refined the Demonic energy to become his Ancient Demonic Disk, he has been itching of using one of the spells Azul taught him.

     Now that he has formed the Ancient Demonic Disk, he could use that spell. He wanted to know whether Sithulran could really break through that spell.

     Is the Creator simple curse is more powerful than Azul spell? That is a question Azief is dying to find out.

     And he wanted to quickly open up the Supremacy Stairway.

     He did not forget his oath and his promise.

     He has given his word. And he still remembers the third rule he learns from Alsurt.

      'Never swore an oath carelessly for an oath is a binding covenant' and he also remembers the fifth rule

     'Never promise something you could not do' he promises Alsurt that he would free him from his prison.

     He was weak then. But now he is a lot stronger. It would not be long now before he has the capabilities to free Alsurt.

     Azief then smile as he said

     'That is good'

     'Good?' Hearing this Will is puzzled. Why was it good that Sithulran is getting stronger? If anything isn't that worse?

     Azief did not explain anything to Will. Instead he ask Will

     'Do you know where she is now?'

     'Who?' Will ask

     'Sithulran' Azief answered

     'I could run around the world and try to seek him but why do you want to know?' Azief smiles and then filled with confidence he said

     'I wanted a rematch'

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     Azief is ready to take his next steps. but there is still a lot of problem on Earth he needs to solve. The battle between Sithulran and Azief is about to begin. Want to bet the Time Crisis happens before or after Azief completed his thirteen Disk.

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     305 HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS 5

      CENTER PALACE FRONT GATE

     It was night in Pandemonium.

     In the Centre Region while the night has descended and the sun no longer shows it face unlike the other regions in the world, the city is still lively.

     Lights filled the tiled streets.

     People are still drinking in taverns, others visited smiths and armorer and hunters are trading battles stories while some builders are building some houses in the distance.

     The sound of hammering could be heard all over the city, new houses and new cities rose up almost every day.

     Pandemonium is regarded as one of the safest place to shelter oneself from monster in the world.

     Most of the damage that happens in Pandemonium usually resulted from the owner of Pandemonium, Death Monarch.

     Some people even grumbled when they are drunk that the Death Monarch should go to some uninhabited island when he wanted to breakthrough because every time he breakthrough there seems to some damage that happens.

     Thankfully nothing bad happens today.

     But who wasn't afraid after seeing dark black flames gathering in the clouds and the bleeding sky?

     But other than that Pandemonium is a great place to live.

     This continent undergoes transformation everyday with people building cities and villages all around the continent because of the potential for growth.

     The continent of Australia after the Fall become a forbidden zone, full of monster until the Death Monarch came and cleared most of it away and created a lush fertile land for people to live in.

     Pandemonium is vast and lands are plentiful. As long as one has the approval of the Central government they could found a village or a city.

     People are happy and relaxed. If there is a monster invasion then there is the Three Army.

     If there is an enemy attack then they have the world strongest person in the world protecting them.

     In the world the safest place is Pandemonium. This is the words circulated among the people of the world.

     Even the White Owl newspapers rated Pandemonium as one of the most safest place to live and have a lot of room for improvement and a trove for treasures and rare herbs and minerals ores.

     And the city patrol did their job diligently.

     If even the city patrol did their job diligently how can the Center Palace Gate Guardians could slack off.

     Especially when the person living in the Center Palace is the Death Monarch.

     The Death Monarch might not be afraid of anyone but that doesn't mean he would like it if people managed to infiltrate his palace.

     The Keepers of the palace fears if such matter did occur many people heads would roll.

     There are not many people in the world that have such guts to try to enter the Center palace without permission. After all waiting for them is that person

     No one would knowingly put themselves as a target of Death Monarch. That is as good as a death sentence

     The Gate Guardians is even more so diligent with their job.

     They are strict like something is stuck up on their assholes and people without proper identification or without permission would not be allowed to take even one step inside the Center Palace.

     There is also a rule in the Center Palace. That when night descended and day ended, the Center Palace gate could never be opened under any circumstances.

     However, tonight that rule was broken.

     All the spies that saw this scene from the distance and in the nearby inns quickly contact their intelligence agency and reported it.

     The Palace gate was opened.

     Usually if the gate Guardians did such thing they would be surely be sentenced to death. They do not even need to wait for trials.

     The Palace Guard inside the Palace would surely storm out and lop off all the Gate Guardian in patrol on the walls.

     But tonight not only the Gate Guardians try to open the gate with such haste, even the Palace Guard that guards the inside of the Palace moves from their post and hastily helped the Gate Guardian to quickly opens the gate and undo all the protection barrier, the restrictive talisman for this person that dares knock the Palace gate of Center Palace at night.

     Standing there below the walls of the high Palace walls with a bow and arrow on her back, she waited.

     This person is none other than the Divine Archer Sofia.

     'I have come home' she said as she takes a step inside the Center Palace

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     Sofia is back. Azief is preparing to fight Sithulran. the oracle knows a few important things that is still not revealed.

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     306 HEART IS A TROUBLESOME THING 1

      "O, here

     Will I set up my everlasting rest,

     And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars

     From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!

     Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you

     The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss

     A dateless bargain to engrossing death!"

     - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

     PANDEMONIUM FRONT GATE

     The moment the door was opened and she takes a step inside the Center Palace she saw a few familiar faces.

     She smiles. But not all of the people waiting for her were smiling in happiness. Some of them are frowning. And some of them are expressionless

     The Gate Guardians that opens the gate all stand in attention on top of the garrison walls. The moment Sofia enter the Centre Palace ground the Gate Guardian immediately push the door closed shut once gain.

     The protection barrier was set up once again.

     Sofia was looking at a man. She expected him to be here. Because he was her teacher.

     'Teacher' she shouted in happiness

     'I don't deserve to be called teacher' This man is none other than General Wang Jian. Then they hugged. Wang Jian smiles proudly

     'You have returned. It took you long enough'

     'Hmm. I just needed a reason to return home' she nodded as she breaks the hugs. Then she looks at the other few people waiting for her. There is Sasha.

     Her face is expressionless. Sofia doesn't know where she picked up this habit but maybe she picked it up from Azief.

     It was always a running joke in their group.

     Azief expressionless face. Thinking about the face she is about to meet later, she doesn't know how she should feel.

     And then she remembers why she came back. She would never tell the truth to other people, but at least she will not lie to her own heart.

     'You knew I have come back?' Sofia asked puzzled at Sasha appearance here. She knew Azief did not put anyone on her tail even though she was here for a couple of days already.

     She was thinking about what she is feeling and what she should talk about when she meets him again.

     That is what takes her so long to return.

     'Sina informed me. So, I was prepared to bring down the protection barrier.' Sasha replies curtly.

     Sofia looks at Sasha and then said

     'She could never hide anything from you. Still her best friend I guess?' Sasha only rolled back her eyes.

     She sighed.

     Azief never treated Sasha more than just his subordinate and Sasha never minded.

     Because there is bad blood between them in the Fake World and the Death Monarch could hold quite a grudge.

     It has been good enough that the Death Monarch did not kill her back then

     But Sina has always treated her good. They were friends. Maybe it is because the secret they shared in their journey back then in the Forest Region but they are close.

      In the tight knit group of Azief, Loki, Sina and Sofia there is not space for her. But Sina always has a space for her.

     And Sasha knows about Sofia problem with her getting close with Sina.

     Sofia is jealous because she is no longer the only best friend. If there is one thing that held the group together it is Sina ability to embrace other people.

     'To your dismay, I still am' Sasha reply back.

     Sofia just shakes her head. She never likes Sasha. There is the fact that she kidnaps Sina in the past but the other reason was because she could never get a read on her.

     So, she could only say these kinds of things. There is also a few Palace Maidens she knew that is waving to her happily but she also does not see a couple of people she expected to see.

      And then she ask

     'Where are Freya and Athena?' Sofia asks.

     'As you can see with your own eyes, they are not here' Sasha replied unenthusiastically. Sofia rolled back her eyes and shakes her head.

     'Are they still mad about the Pegasus incident? Is that it?' Sasha did not nod but she did not shake her head either.

     She just remains silence on the matter. She will not be a mouthpiece for the two generals because she did not need to be.

     Her job is only to make sure there is no chaos in Pandemonium, no funny business of trying to assassinate the Death Monarch or anything like that

     Her job is to maintain the safety of Death Monarch and to act in his interest.

     She did not need to concern herself with court politics or the responsibility of other division or department.

     She only needs to be faithful to her job description and faithful to her employer. As long as she do that, she is safe no matter how many times the officials in the court throws accusation at her.

     As long as Death Monarch trusts her, her position is as stable as an unmoving mountain.

     Sofia question is like putting her in the middle of a minefield.

     She has no intention to step on that minefield. It has long been known that Athena and Sofia clash frequently during their stay on Fake World.

     At the time Sofia was not as powerful as she is now and while she says she never loses, in other people eyes, she did lose.

     And for a time during the Ice Mountain who at that time stand erect and the whole world thinks that Katarina sacrificed her life to die with Death Monarch, Sofia was dubbed as the strongest woman in the world.

     But the only reason she was dubbed as such is because no one challenges her for that title. In Sasha estimation Athena is perfectly capable of taking down Sofia at the time.

     The moment the battle turns into a short distance battle, Sofia would be overwhelmed with Athena ever changing attacks.

     Of course now that Katarina is back, that title was returned to her and no one seems to be stupid enough to challenge her for that title.

     Her name itself is deterrence just as Death Monarch name is enough to deter his enemies.

     Then Sofia looks back at Wang Jian and asks

     'Loki?' It was a question and Wang Jian understands it. He shakes his head

     She only creased her eyebrows but other than that she did not comment much. Then smiling she said

     'Well, if I know him and I think I do, I would bet he would return unexpectedly later.'

     Wang Jian only smiles bitterly.

     Many people outside Pandemonium and even some people in Pandemonium believe that Loki had a falling out with Death Monarch.

     That Loki by saving Hirate in the Massacre of Island of Peace, Loki had break relations with Pandemonium and Azief.

     But Wang Jian knows.

     How could this matter easily be concluded?

     Those people outside don't know Azief and Loki as he did.

     They might have a falling out but for them to be enemies, unless Loki really did something unforgivable Wang Jian doesn't think this matter would stay as it is.

     Loki would return and like always Azief would accept him.

     Because Wang Jian knows better than most about what connect those two men together.

     They are family. Wang Jian has seen it enough to know the only reason Loki could escape from Azief is because Azief did not give his all.

     Azief let Loki go.

     That is obvious to Wang Jian and people in the know. But it clearly doesn't seem like so in the eyes of the world.

     To them Loki and Azief both had a great falling out. And since Azief did nothing to dispel such rumors it grew and now has a life of its own.

     Maybe it is because Azief knows this he did not bother to say anything about it.

     Since he never care about what the world thinks about him anyways so why should he lose his time trying to convince the world what he knew.

     Sofia did not know what Wang Jian is thinking because she is looking at the direction of the throne room.

     There is something in her eyes. Wang Jian could see it too. There is longing in her eyes.

     Sasha did not say anything but she melded with the moonlight and disappeared in sparkling light.

     But Sofia still does not bother to see Sasha. She trained her gaze at the throne room, there, near the top structure of the Center Palace and then she said

     'Is he here? Today?' she asked Wang Jian. Wang Jian immediately knows who she is talking about

     Wang Jian nodded. There is a bitter smile on Sofia face as she nodded

     'Good. There is a lot we need to talk about' Sighing she added

     'And there is a lot I want to say to him'

     Wang Jian nodded and then he was hesitating before he finally made up his mind. He then said to Sofia

      'Whatever you decide, you know you could always come to your teacher. And Sina is always there' Sofia hearing Wang Jian words nodded

     Then Wang Jian jumps on his Pegasus and stride out the Gate. He did what he was supposed to do. The other Army are all camping in the wilderness and clearing out the monster.

     Only he was ordered back to the Palace. He was ordered by Death Monarch himself to accept Sofia when she returned to the Palace.

     So, he has been waiting for days.

     The Death Monarch …..way of doing thing is quite frustrating. He shakes his head and muttered to himself

     'It is their business. I have no say in it. I just hope whatever they chose would make both of them happy in the long run' he said before sighing and rode away from the Palace ground.

     Sofia looks at the entrance gate and then she pushed it and the creaking sound of the gate opening sounded out through the large Monarch Road.

     On each side of the roads is the Keep of the Palace and the Palace Maiden all bowing slightly toward her.

     She smiles a bit and then she walked and enters the palace.

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     307 HEART IS A TROUBLESOME THING 2

      TRISTAN DA CUNHA

     Tristan Da Cunha is a remote group of volcanic group in the south Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world.

     At least it was inhabited before the Fall. After the Fall however a tragic event happened in this island.

     A few years ago during the Weronian Occupation, a Seed Formation expert was stranded into that island when he fought off a sea monster.

     The Seed Formation expert wanders around the island after he woke up from his unconsciousness and not before long he found a settlement.

     He wanted to shelter himself in one of the settlement

     However he was attacked and almost dies. And the people there don't know what calamity they invited upon themselves.

     Maybe because he was injured he did not look like an expert but at the time Seed Formation levelers were rare and only a few people in the world had reached that level during that particular time.

     Outside of that island he was always respected and feared.

     At least, even if the people of the island did not respect him at least they shouldn't have tried to kill him. He was angry.

     No he was beyond angry. He was full of wrath. And a wrath of a Seed Formation expert could level a city.

     Not to mention some no-name island that is populated with low level levelers that at most in the Orb Condensing levels.

     He promised himself that he would make all of them pay with blood.

     He hides in a forest and when he regained his strength he massacre the entire island.

     All human in the island was wiped out, their skulls could be found buried under some avalanches or soils and the traces of their battles could still be seen today.

     'At least it solves the inbreeding problem in the island' That man said after finishing massacring every single human in the island.

     Loki remembers this particular story as he dragged himself to the shore. He knows this story because he sent his ravens here to scout people.

     It is not something unusual for Loki. He has always sent his ravens to faraway place in the world.

     To seek information. Information he could use or sell.

     Loki is after all a VIP customer of the Broker. He plopped to the ground as the waves crashed toward his body pushing back and forth.

     He was panting and there is a wound in his stomach. The smell of the sea did not overpower the smell of his blood.

     'Ugh. Fuck. This Sithulran is really powerful. I didn't think he could break out of my Will Suppression.'

     Loki did not underestimate his enemy. But he clearly didn't expect that Sithulran is that powerful. He did slay that alien woman slash mad scientist but he also pay a heavy price.

     He gritted his teeth as he could feel the pain in his stomach each time the sea breeze blew by the island.

     The moment he slays that alien woman Loki quickly teleported out of Svalbard. He did not want the World Government to know he was injured.

     When he left, Raymond was half beaten to death, Hikigaya was unconscious and Oreki like always had already turns into a lightning bolt and return to his dominion.

     He is faster than before… and stronger than before

     Fighting with them Loki could see the improvement of Hikigaya and Raymond. Hikigaya attainment in his illusion magics has increased.

     Loki knows what Hikigaya is capable off in the future. Turning the fake into real, the real into an illusion.

     That is a terrifying ability. In one way, Hikigaya could neutralize his Karma.

     He could even trap that woman for three seconds. It might not look much but that alien woman could even break out from Loki Will Suppression which has a trace of Sovereign aura.

     For Hikigaya to trap Sithulran for three second with just his Disk Formation realm cultivation, that was already impressive enough.

     Raymond on the other hand was the one who deals the most damage toward Sithulran. Yes, he was half beaten to death.

     But Sithulran did not get off easy either. Most of her bones was broken at that point, her internal organs concaved and her right arms was smashed into pieces.

     Oreki….well, one might call him a coward for running but it was a strategic retreat. He knows what to do in a heated situation, when to go forward and when to retreat

     It is why he always profited even when he is clashing with his enemies.

     In the two times Azief went to war with the World Government, Oreki forces have never experienced a decline in power.

     And it is also a fact that without Oreki, Raymond and Hikigaya would have already been beaten.

     His lightning based attack stuns Sithulran many times and help Raymond hit her in place. Loki? He did the finishing move.

     One could even say he kill-steal.

     But who would have thought at her last moment before she dies, she executed a palm strike onto his stomach, causing his entire energy to flare up and become in chaos.

     The moment he cut off her head he immediately crushes the Teleportation Crystal, an item more effective than the teleportation Stone.

     He teleported himself around this island. This island like his other islands is a safe place for him.

     The waves crashed against him again, and the salt water drenched his wounds, feeling a little stinging on his skin.

     If not for his injury and the discomfort he is feeling right now Loki would treat this like any other day and would be enjoying the beauty of the island and the sea.

     He breathes heavily and even though the sea water should be cold, he is sweating. His entire internal organs are heating up way more than it supposed to.

     Like his other island, this island is also surrounded by array formation that could heal him. If there is one thing Loki did the most after he arrived on this timeline it was to prepare.

     Far away from the eyes of Death Monarch and his other companions, he planned and he calculated and prepared.

     But the thing he did the most was wait. Today, he could no longer wait. Someone is trying to make a gambit move with Sithulran.

     He could not allow one alien woman mess up his plans. The waves lapped around the shores once again and struck Loki body once again.

     By now, he is used top it.

     He spread out his hand and let the sea water washed over him.

     With all the pain he felt in his body, he is tempted to let his body be taken away by the sea, to drift aimlessly in the vast sea.

     But then he grins bitterly. He had done so much. And there is still many things he could do and must do.

     He did not forget what he had to do. There is too much at stake here for him to give up. So many things have been sacrificed.

     There is still time. And there is still a task he must do.

     'Yewa Hafar' he muttered

     And his eyes turn cold.

     Fighting Sithulran this time he is sure of his assumption. Yewa Hafar is behind this.

     From what he gathered from the Orvanians reports, the World orb is bait that should have lure Sithulran perfectly.

     So, the World Government, the Republic and many other factions cooperated and spread out that the World Orb is found in Svalbard under an underground tunnel.

     It should have been enough to lure Sithulran from her hiding spot.

     It did lure her out but she was prepared. It was like she somehow suspected that whatever it is in that underground tunnel is not really the World Orb.

     To be honest no one knows where the World Orb is. And no one is really interested in searching for it.

     It is because the people that are qualified enough to seek it knows the secret about the World Orb.

     It is not someone could touch. Even the League of Freedom knows this. How they know this? No one knows.

     But Loki is glad because no one is stupid enough to try to seek it. But the fact that the whole world does not know where the World Orb is not supposed to be known by Sithulran.

     Who would have thought she was prepared during the attack?

     In the beginning the World Government forces fought with Sithulran unground before they all broke out from the ground creating a sinkhole one hundred kilometer long and one hundred and forty kilometer wide.

     Yewa Hafar must have told her something. Loki takes a deep breath and then he strengthened himself as he put his hand on the sandy shore, pushing himself upwards.

     Then slowly he walks himself out of the watery shore and into the sand. He walked to the center of island, blood dripping form his mouth and his eyes.

     The waves come and bring it away, each time it reaches the shore

     Not once he winced in pain. Not once he grunted in pain. Because to him this pain is nothing. He had experienced more painful things than this.

     Then now approaching the center of the island, Loki smiles.

     He closes his eyes and then he whistles.

     Slowly from the depths of the forest, serpent emerges out from bushes, from deep holes and from damp and dark places.

     Their hissing could be heard all over the area, filling the entire forest. It could make one have goosebumps just by hearing it.

     Then from the forest, the sound of cawing could be heard.

     Black crows flew out from their nest and flying in circle above Loki head, creating something that look like a magic formation if one look it from above.

     Loki smirked

     'I really overtaxed myself this time' He said to himself.

     Loki had already uses his Willpower when he made a deal with Azul. Now, he uses it again to deals with Sithulran.

     This Will of Sovereign is not unlimited. The reason was because the density of energy in the world does not yet reach that level.

      It is the reason why he uses it sparingly. But the closer it is to the Time Crisis, the more Loki felt that the Universe is conspiring against him.

     It was like they were forcing him to use it to make sure he couldn't do much during the Time Crisis.

     To felt the world is against you is usually the ramblings of a crazy person but Loki knows such thing exists.

     The Universe does have a Will and when that Will is stirred it will try to move the entire Universe to follow that path.

     It is because Loki knows this that he fears that he could not do much during the Time Crisis.

     As Loki was thinking of all this matter, a few serpents comes to Loki and slither around his feet and the moment they touched Loki feet, they burst into an explosion of blood, turning into a red mist.

     And one of the small wound on Loki body is healed.

     Yet, even after seeing their brethren exploded into red mist, the other serpents still comes and try to touch Loki.

     Slowly red mist followed everywhere Loki steps. Red mist swirling around him enveloping his wound and healing it.

     And with each steps he is getting better.

     There is color on his face now and he looks more composed. He is no longer panting and there is no longer blood dripping from his eyeballs.

      When he finally reached the center of the array formation, he heaved a sigh of relief. He place an array formation in the center of the island

     By now he is already partially healed. At least his physical parts.

     Behind him is red mist that is thick as blood.

     On top of his head. Up there on the clouds, is still the circling of black crows.

     Even now in the center of the island he could hear the sea breeze. He smiles bitterly. The sea breeze always helps him focus more.

     Then he sits in meditation in the eye of the formation and then gathering energy of the world, the arrays formation lit up and he is slowly absorbing the world energy.

     It is the same array he set up in that other island.

     It is the Array of Gathering Chaotic Energy. One could see that many of the injuries he had now is being healed.

     Even his energy is stabilized now.

     He then closes his eyes and then as he was about to concentrate on his recovery he heard a sound.

      Startled, he almost threw his hidden dagger before realizing he almost kill an innocent person

     In front of him is a woman with a Demon Mask covering her face and her yes is looking at Loki like she was shocked at the flustered expression of Loki on seeing her popping out from the shadows. Loki face turns red.

     He almost had a heart attack. He thought that it was Yewa Hafar again.

     The last time that guy appeared in front of him has spooked him enough. Yewa Hafar is not an enemy he would ever underestimate.

     Loki then exasperatedly said

     'I ask you again, Trisha. Are you addicted on appearing like that?' Loki said as he massage his chest.

     Trisha did not say anything, but Loki could see her worries reflected in her eyes.

     'My lord, are you alright? I saw….the battle'

     Loki sighed.

     'It is a little bit dangerous than usual. But as you can see, I am quite alive.' Loki said smiling. But the woman beneath the Demon Mask doesn't seem to share the same feeling like Loki.

     She has no mood to joke around right now.

     'It is a close call. My lord should ask Lord Azief to help. Then-'Loki held up his finger and glare at Trisha

     'I have my reasons. Trisha, you have followed me for years. What I have done….don't you think there is a reason to each and every one of them?'

     'But-'

     Loki shakes his head.

     And Trisha only sighed.

     'Why did you come? If you come to protect me, don't worry. The moment I teleported here, the barrier have been automatically activated. Other than me, you and your two sisters, no one will be able to enter this island.'

     'No, that is not the reason I came'

     'Hmm. Then what is the reason you come here. Don't tell me you want to spook me to death??' Loki asks.

     'Lord Loki, did you remember that you ask us to tail on the Inventor because he has the Merchant King Key?'

     'Yes' Loki nodded

     'Well...I don't know how to say it but he found it'

     The reason why she is feeling awkward to say it to Loki is because Loki once said the Inventor might never find the Merchant King treasury until he dies.

     So, she and her ravens did not watch over him too closely. Fortunately, one of the ravens assigned to the Inventor caught the image of the Inventor finding the entrance of the Merchant King treasury.

     'He found…what? Wait, you mean he found the Merchant King Treasury?'

     Trisha nodded

     But then Loki excitement died down.

     Even if he found the Merchant King treasury at most there is a few blueprint and plans and gold.

     In the case of blueprint in Loki minds there is hundred maybe even thousands of blueprints of weapons and inventions.

     Gold?

     He could just do without it. After all what use gold to him when he could just take it from other people?

     'It is good for him but I don't think it concerns me very much'

     Trisha shakes her head.

     'I don't think you should dismiss this matter so easily my lord'

      'What do you mean?' This time Loki is even more puzzled

     'My lord you remember that you once shows us a painting of an orb with weird design and you said that if we found it we should tell you about it?'

     'Yes' Loki did remember showing them such painting.

     But as years passed, Loki had given up of trying seeking that thing. Because it seems that thing will only show itself during the War of the Sovereigns.

     So, he did not focus so much on finding that thing.

     'Yes. I remember' Loki replied. Then Trisha said

     'I found it' and this time hearing what Trisha said, Loki nearly jumped out in fright. He almost didn't believe what he is hearing.

     'You found it?' This time Loki got up from the array and he no longer cared about healing his body.

     'You're sure?'

     Trisha nodded

     'I'm sure'

     Loki gulped and then there is a smile on his face.

     'I thought today is my unlucky day. Who thought this is actually my lucky day.'

     'What should we do now, Lord Loki?' Trisha asked asking for an order. Loki got up and said, with a grin on his face

     'Well, we need to pay my old friend the Inventor a visit don't you think?'

     ****************************************************************************

     In this part it shows Loki after the battle in Svalbard with Sithulran. He knows that Yewa Hafar is behind the failure of the World Government baiting the Orvanian woman.

     And finally the Merchant King key finally come into play, This matter was mentioned before in many chapters ago when the Inventor have finally help Loki completing something for him.

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     308 HEART IS A TROUBLESOME THING 3

      PANDEMONIUM CENTER PALACE

     The moonlight illuminated a lonely figure standing in this large room. It illuminated a lonely figure dressed in black

     Light gleamed from the rings on his fingers. This person is none other than the Death Monarch

     Azief was in his throne room.

     There was a commotion in front of the gate a couple of hours ago. He saw it happen. Everything. And he saw her. And heard her. Every word.

      And just like that….all of it came crashing down on him.

     He sighed and he takes a deep breath.

     If he could he would forbid her from leaving him ever again. If he could, he would make her stay beside him forever.

     But he knows he can't.

     If there is one thing he can't do with his might or spell it is that he couldn't force someone to stay.

     Even if the body stays here, if the heart is elsewhere, then forever that heart will remain elsewhere.

     Probably that is the hardest thing to do. Azief always wanted to know the answer to that question?

     How do you make love stay?

     He saw that some powerful being could bring back the dead, but he never saw someone uses spell to make other people love them.

     Maybe it is not because they can't do it. But maybe it is because the Price of such magic will be sky high.

     Or probably, because whoever cast such spell knows that whatever they received from the people they cursed is not true love.

     There are many who would never understand why he loves Sofia. He still remembers the very first time he saw her after the fall.

     All skinny arms, tired and fearful…..but yet, incredibly and amazingly there is still hope in her eyes.

     Probably that is the reason why he saved her. Not because she was someone he knows but because he saw hope in those eyes.

     And he needed that. He needed that at the time. To know that there is still hope in this world. Truth be told, he wanted to break down many times in the beginning.

     He wanted to fall on his knees and give up.

     All he saw at the time was death and the more he walked the more death he saw and the more he grew in despair.

     It was a hellish scene to see and hellish scene to live through.

     He saw corpses lying on the street, corpses that will rises up by dawn, he saw monsters and undead roaming the city he used to live, trampling anything that is beautiful and alive.

     At that time he just lost his first companion. He did not show it but he is also shaken.

     Thinking about it, it is because he needs to survive he suppressed his fears and memories of that time.

     After all, he did forget that he kills his family at that time even though they have turned into Mutated Sapiens

     And then he met her in that broken mall.

     And he saw her eyes. There is fear, yes. There is also uncertainty. But there is also hope. It was like she is the last thing left in Pandora Box.

     And when Pandora opens the box, there is only hope left in that box.

     And Azief needed that.

     He needed a lamp to guide his dark shrouded path at the time. Sofia never felt that he helped him enough.

     But just being by his side at the time, it helped him tremendously. It help him remembers that there is still hope.

     And then they travelled together. They fought for each other, they protected each other.

     And when he knew her life story, he saw more than just a broken woman. He saw a woman that got the world gunning for her and still she got up.

     Yes, she got beaten. Beaten badly and brutally. Bloodied and beaten and knockdown by life at every single turn

     But each time, no matter what, she got up. Even when she was broken, she got up. Even when she is bloodied, she got up.

     And she braves it all. She was stronger than him. And because she was broken she became even more beautiful.

     Some people, when they break, they couldn't be put together again. But….some heals even stronger. Sofia is the latter

     'People don't understand' he muttered to himself.

     No one understands why he loves her.

     It is truly fascinating. In his life before the Fall he would never have the courage to talk to her. There were so many words he saved for her that only lingers in his mind.

     Because he is a coward.

     When life punches him in the face and he got down…he stays down.

     He always gives up…because in his life before the Fall, there was nothing…nothing for him to fight for.

     It is sad really but he never loves anything, not the way Sofia loves thing before the Fall. And it is a sad thing to not know love and to feel like you are not loved.

     He was alone. Terribly, horribly alone.

     He had no love for his family; he had no friends to talk to. His life is always about, in a way, it was always about survival.

     He needs to find money to eat. And when he eats after that he goes to sleep. In the morning, he wakes up to the alarm and goes to work.

     And in between?

     He waste his time…waiting for the day to die. It is funny thinking about it now. He used to wish the world would just blow up someday.

     Or that his country got nuked by mistake.

     He wanted to die in the most painless way possible.

     Azief once read in a book somewhere that if a nuclear bomb falls into a place, one would only see a bright light before being evaporated to dust.

     'That doesn't seem a bad way to die' he once remarked

     Life….was torture for him. There is nothing for him to fight for. Nothing he desires other than to just live for the day.

     He is poor with no money. And in his country, if you are poor, you are nothing. He never harbors any intention to marry like any other normal person around him.

     There is the fact that the dowry for marriage in Malaysia is sky high. But even if there is a woman that would not mind him being poor, he minded.

     He wanted to treat the one he loves like a princess. He wanted to treat his unborn children like they were princes or princesses.

     He wanted to give them the world.

     But he couldn't. If he couldn't do that, if he couldn't give the life that the woman she loved deserved, it is better for him to not start at all.

     It is better not to have it all and make other people daughter suffers because of him.

     Because he already knew how life like that will turn out.

     Life is full of suffering.

     That is not an opinion, it is a fact. But at least, if he married someone, married someone he loved, he wanted to lessen that suffering.

     He wanted to share the burden at least. But, a poor young man like him…even if there is a young lady that loved him, he would never ever married her if he knew in his heart he could not give her the life she deserves.

     He was born in a family where his father is a guard that doesn't care much about his family, and an apathetic mother with a psycho younger brother.

     It is a fortunate event that he did not turn to be some bad kid.

     He was denied most things in life not because he is disabled or something but merely because he is poor.

     There were a lot of thing he wanted to be, wanted to pursue but he never could.

     People said money is not important.

     Those people never lived his life.

     Money is important.

     You would understand how money is important when you have nothing to eat. When you have to beg your friend a few bucks to buy some food.

     But he never asks from his parent. Azief even in his darkest moment could never let go of his pride.

     Money couldn't buy everything? That is because you are buying it at the wrong place.

     When he looks at his friend with their wife and their life sometime he felt what is wrong with him that he couldn't have the life like other people?

     And then when he searched deep in his heart he got the answer.

     He lacks courage. To love and to fail. He had failed in everything in his life. He never had a girlfriend not because he can't.

     There is always chance during his high school time. But he always thinks too much. And what he feared the most is rejection.

     People who were never rejected before don't know how painful it is to be rejected. Azief on the other hand knows exactly how rejection felt.

     He felt it every day with his family.

     And it is painful. At least it was painful in the beginning. But then after a while, you get used to it.

     You get used to the fact that when you got home from work, instead of a smile from your mother all you get is silence and judging glare.

     You get used to the fact that your own existence is ignored. It took him some time but he got used to it. But no one should ever get used to it.

     No one.

     Rejection hurts…especially if it's someone you love. So, the unsaid words remain unsaid. And the feeling that is bottled up, keep being in the bottle.

     When you have lived your whole life being rejected, you could never believe yourself that you would be accepted.

     It was like you are some broken thing that could not be loved.

     When the Fall happens, it was like he was reborn. Instinct takes over. When you see death staring at you in the face, you either succumb…or you fight back.

     Azief did not do any of that.

     Because at that moment, when he almost died, when he felt like his whole life flashed in his mind, he got a revelation.

     He is sick and tired of always giving up. He is tired of always succumbing to his fate.

     He has always been a pessimistic guy.

     Why?

     Because pessimists have everything to gain, whereas optimists have a fifty-fifty chance of being disappointed.

      It is easy to be pessimistic. It is harder to become optimistic because there is always a chance of failing.

     The Fall gives him more than just a new start. It gave him a new life. An equal start with everyone else in the world.

     And so, this time Azief choose differently. Azief did not succumb…no, he could succumb no longer.

     He did not fight. He goes beyond that. He betted it all. He betted his life on the line. He jumps into the jaw of Death and each time he comes back stronger and more powerful.

     The strongest man in the world!

     The apex existence in the world.

     With one stomp of his feet the whole world trembles and with his palm he could cover the heavens, commanding winds and clouds.

     But now, now that he reached where he is now, people even say that she does not deserve him.

     What a load of bullshit.

     Love is not about who deserves who. Even a beggar could love a princess and even a princess could love a beggar.

     Love is free. You could buy anything in this world except love. You could buy pretend love, true, but true love?

     True love is free. Any person is poor and desolate, if love passes them by.

     And if it stays, even the poorest person with the poorest hovel is radiant with warmth, with life and color.

     Love….has the power to make of a beggar a king. Love is free because it can dwell in no other atmosphere.

     In freedom it gives itself unreservedly, abundantly, completely. And that is why Azief loves Sofia.

     He loves her because what she brought in his life in his darkest moment. It brought him direction, beauty and meaning.

     And even when she went away, he always had faith that she will return.

     Because no matter what happens, whether she returns to him and accept him or not he knows one undeniable truth that he could never erase in his heart.

     He is now…and will always be…in love with her.

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     Azief is getting a little personal as he remember how he was before the Fall. before the man becomes the legend.

     To the world he was the world strongest person and to reconcile the image of a coward and the current him would be almost impossible. But he himself remembers who he is and in some way, he is and still have that part in him.

     That timidness he has when dealing with the matters of the hearts. In this chapter one could understand why he could not really reject Katarina or why he is so timid with love.

     Anyway next chapter would probably be a little mature for some people. So....ehem.

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     309 HEART IS A TROUBLESOME THING 4

      So he waits here in this throne room waiting for her here. He looks outside and saw the Gate Guardian patrolling the walls and one hours passed.

     But he still waited. He stands there on the balcony, overlooking the Gate.

     Another hour passes but he still waited. He did not even think of leaving. Because he realizes in their relationships he never waited for her. It was always her that waits for him.

     It was always her that chases over him

     And it was always her waiting for him. So he would wait here. He would wait forever here if he has to.

     The keeper of the Palace today all knows something going to happen today so no one is being dense.

     They all return to their residence early.

     Now in this large Palace, there are probably only two people that are still awake.

     On the outside the sound of owl could be heard. The moon shines brightly and the wind blows gently, rustling the leaves.

     Then he heard footsteps.

     Then he heard the throne room entrance door being opened. Then he heard that footsteps again. It was hesitant but it was also determined.

     Azief slowly turns his body from the window and look in front of him. Standing there not far away from him is a beautiful woman.

     She had a bow and arrow in her back, her black long hair is as beautiful as the day she left. Her hazel eyes like always is full of hope.

     Looking at her figure illuminated by the moonlight that slips through from the windows, Azief couldn't understand it.

     How could she just stand there and look fucking beautiful?

     This is why he said nobody understands. To him, she seemed so beautiful that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as him when he saw her.

     Then she said

     'Hi' She said. Azief bitterly smiles

     'Hi' he replied. There was silence in the room. She looks at him and he looks at her. Nobody seems to know what to say after that simple hi.

     Where should they start? What should they say? What is this all about? Is this a new beginning? Or is it the end?

     Then she comes closer. Because she knew he never would.

     'I…'Azief was about to say something and Sofia comes closer. She was so close that Azief could hear her heart beating.

     It is beating wildly. And his heart is also beating as hard as she is. Beating as wildly as a racing warhorse in the plains.

     And Azief knows Sofia could see it. See how he wants to take her and press his lips against hers. And she saw it.

     He wanted to breathe in her smell. And she saw how beautiful she looks to him in his eyes.

     Then he looks away, looking awkward. There were many things about him that he doesn't like. Most of all this feeling.

     What could justify him loving two women?

     He would not make excuses. But he also didn't want to hurt both of them. Even now, as he saw her, he still didn't know the answer.

     He was thinking what Loki once said to him. He once asked Loki what kind of man he was in the future. Loki said he was an asshole.

     His exact words were 'You were kind of an ass.' Looking at Sofia, Azief said

     'Soph, I'm sorry. I…didn't mean-'

     But he was not the only one feeling it. Sofia also is feeling it. She also want to take him and press her lips against his.

     She also wanted to breathe in his smell.

     So….she put her hand to the back of his neck, and they stare at each other, their chest both heaving up and down, their eyes locked with each other..

     Azief was confused

     'Sofia-?'

     And without letting him finished his word, she pull him towards herself. And she kisses him. Once. Twice. Thrice.

     It started tame. But then their tongue interlocked and they both explore each other mouth for lack of a better word.

     It was like they were hungry for each other. Azief hand slid down to her waist and as he kisses her he pulls her waist closer to him.

     She moans a little and a smile in on her face

     They are both heating up as Azief pushed her to the walls and the entire Palace seems to trembles a little as they continue kissing like they were inhaling oxygen after a case of oxygen deprivation.

     And with each kiss it was like her entire universe snapped back to focus and it make her head clears and focused.

     And it helps when the man kissing her knows what he was doing.

     When they first kissed, Azief was bad at it.

     At least that is what he said to her. But every time they kissed, she never notices that. She never felt that he is a bad kisser.

     Every time they kissed, she felt like she was stargazing. She felt dazzled. And completely unprepared for what she is about to feel.

     And every time their eyes meet each other, it was like time stops for them. And Azief kissed her again, their passion which they keep in control is unleashed.

     It was like he didn't want to stop this moment. And then Sofia understands why. Azief then said to her in between kisses

     'Promise me…this is not a goodbye kiss'

     And Sofia smiles a bit and then she broke the kiss, both of them looking at each other, flushed and breathless.

     Then she said slowly and gently. Like she is explaining something

     'Azief, I missed you. I miss you every day from the moment I left until just now. Do you think I would leave again?'

     Azief sighed and then said

     'I couldn't give you what you want. I couldn't give you everything'

     Sofia smiles bitterly. She is hurt. And she is probably going to keep hurting. But she will endure it until she couldn't endure it any longer.

     And when she couldn't endure it any longer, when she is ready to leave him, he will know and she will know it too.

     But she couldn't leave him now. Not when she is still so in love with him. Not when separating with him right now is more painful than being with him

     Sofia bitterly smiles and then she said

     'You see, I had a lot of time to think when I was alone. I am hurt . Truth be told, I am still hurting. I mean who wouldn't? And probably this is the stupidest decision I have ever made in my life.'

     But there is one thing that I realize. I would not choose to walk away from you just because I knew that it would never be. I would be the judge of that. When my heart felt more pain being with you than it is not being with you, then I will leave. And when that time comes, if you still did not have an answer, then I got my answer.'

     Then she smiles. But for some reason Azief felt his heart in pain seeing that smile.

     'But no. This is not a goodbye kiss. If anything it is a prelude'

     Azief sighed

     Sofia then said

     'I couldn't control what you are feeling and I never wanted too. But there is so much that I can endure before I break down. The world might have fallen and it is not like before. But I know what I want. And you know what I want. I couldn't be the second. And I didn't want to be the first. I just want to be the only one. Not because I demanded it. I don't want that kind of love. I wanted it to come from the heart.' And then looking at Azief she put her hand on his heart and said

     'I want everything'

     And then she drop down her head for a moment before she raises it back up and then said

     'But until that moment comes I am going to stay beside you.'

     'Until your heart could not take it any longer' Azief said and she nodded

     Then she laughs bitterly at herself

     'I guess I love you more than you love me. And the one that loves more is always at a disadvantage' Azief did not know what to say. And Sofia did not say anything else.

     'I…'

     'You don't have to say anything Azief. It is my decision. It is my decision to make and I already made it. So you don't have to say anything'

     Then kissing him on the cheek she walk away from the room.

     That night she sleeps inside the Center Palace….beside him

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     310 HEART IS A TROUBLESOME THING 5

      REPUBLIC CLAIMED LAND

     SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA

     That night when Azief was talking with Sofia about their matters, an explosions rocked the archipelago in the Russian high artic in the day that its shockwave reverberated to the nearby lands and island under the control of the Republic.

     Since most of Russia territory is claimed by the Republic, an expeditionary mission was sent to investigate.

     They all died in that place without making contact. The Republic then detected a powerful energy fluctuations coming from the archipelago.

     And then Katarina herself went to check with her Battle Maidens. Then she found out what is killing the expeditionary members.

     When she arrived, most of the villages and cities in the archipelago were destroyed, turning into a desert. A desert in a place of ice.

     It was highly unnatural and shouldn't have happened. She was enraged

      It was there she fought with Sithulran and they both clashed each other creating a powerful clash of power that shakes the entire island surface.

     She comes with the snowstorm and his red sword fought a gruelling battle that split the archipelago into two.

     Her red sword is like a burning fire contrast with her storms of snows swirling around her. With one slice of her sword she slices the island into two

     One part of it drifts to Arctic Ocean, while the other drifts off in the direction of the west which lies the Kara Sea.

     This fight force the mad scientist of Orvan who was hiding here to avoid the detection of the World Government to leave Russia.

     At the same time that battle was happening Will was running all across the world to seek Sithulran.

     He was present in Russia at that time and helps Katarina drives off Sithulran. When Sithulran flew away Will follow her without hesitation.

     And their race began

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     It is a short part of the chapter. But it told what happened with Katrina, and what is happening with Will and it is close for Death monarch and Sithulran rematch. The Mad Scientis refers to Sithulran of course

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     " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope."

     ― Alexandre Dumas

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     WHOOSH!

     The birds swoop down and snatch a few fish as they quickly swallowed the fish. The sea waves ripples as the fish on the bird's mouth struggle to get free

     The birds shrieked, the sound does not sound like normal bird

     But just right before the birds managed to swallow its prey; an arrow struck the bird on its head and its head exploded as the sailors quickly make sure that the bird's body fall into their small boats.

     The birds are called the Devil Birds by the sailors that sail the Pandemonium Sea. It has big black wing that looks like Devil Wings and they are large like a human adult.

     Considering many thing after the Fall become big even birds and fishes become birds.

     But oddly enough the Devil Birds while have a massive size and terrifying countenance, they are extremely weak and they are easily one shot kill by one arrow to the head.

     They are also sailor's most favorite hunt when they sail the sea

     Then laughing the sailors that caught the bird continues their journey sailing out from Pandemonium Sea making the birds into their snack in their long journey home.

     Not far away from this scenery, one woman is looking at all this matter with clear eyes

     She smiles as she looks at this scenery of people living and she smiles looking at the sea. She takes a deep breath. Inhaling and exhaling.

     The sound of the sea, the smell of the salty breeze, she takes it all in like she is experiencing it all for the first time.

     She stands still in that moment and closes her eyes. And she thinks of him. The sea keep waving and waving, kissing the shores each time.

     She then opens her eyes and she smiles again.

     After what happened to her she seems to lose something but she also gain something important.

     An equivalent price.

     She finally understands what is truly important to her and what her heart truly desires.

     In front of her eyes is a vast sea but more than that she saw hundreds of ships coming and going from the Port of Newark, a city in the northern part of Pandemonium

     This woman is wearing a white robe, her eyes clear and innocent. Her white robe flows gently and her hair smoothly waves back.

     Just by standing there she looked otherworldly. Then in the distance she saw Sea monsters are easily being dispatched by the fleet of ships that is coming to the Port.

     She admires them and their perseverance to sail the Pandemonium Sea, a sea regarded so treacherous and dangerous that in the past none dares sail it.

     Like their leader the Death Monarch, the people of Pandemonium seem to inherit the domineering and confidence of their leader in dealing with anything and everything.

     They do not compromise, they are fearless and they all knew how the game is played in Pandemonium.

     Only the strong survives.

     They were all lions and tigers. The entire continent of Pandemonium is full of crouching tiger and hidden dragons, hidden talents and dangerous people.

     Death Monarch while he rarely employs a hands on approach in the administration of Pandemonium, he is undoubtedly the spiritual leader of Pandemonium which makes his position as the leader of Pandemonium unassailable.

     She looks at the sea monster, writhing in pain before being hauled up into the ship by the ship captain.

     She smiles and she chuckles. There is no longer fear in her eyes this time. Only determination and an unshaken will.

     This woman is none other than the famous Oracle Erika. She is at the harbor waiting for her boat.

     On the road leading to the port there are many of her believers respectfully waiting for her, leaving her alone in the Port with her bodyguard Antonius.

     Antonius feels this is better for him because it would make protecting the Oracle easier as he looks toward the crowds.

     His eyes is vigilant not because of the crowd but because of the people hidden inside the crowd.

     Mixed with the crowd Antonius notice a few men dressed in black, looking at them. Those people must be the men of Shadow Guards.

     Sasha also seems to send a few of her people to ensure nothing bad happens to the Oracle in Pandemonium soil.

     She is also like the Death Monarch. Rarely seen but her presence is felt all across Pandemonium.

     In Pandemonium itself, Sasha name is kind of a taboo among the officials. No one likes to be under the surveillance of the Shadow Guards for days.

     Antonius sighed but he chose to ignore it. As long as Sasha did not try to do some weird things to the Oracle, he could tolerate the eyes of the Shadow Guards.

     Then he resumes his duty.

     Sometimes he looks toward the Oracle and there is a complicated emotion in his eyes. He sighed.

     After Erika woke up from her sleep instead of wanting to return back to the Center Palace she instead asked him to bring her away from Pandemonium.

     This shocked Antonius greatly.

     After all, Erika from the very beginning wanted to meet Death Monarch but suddenly after she woke up she changed her tone.

     And then when he nodded as a sign of agreement she smiled and without warning she kissed him in the mouth.

     Then leaving him speechless like that she only smiles before she lays back on her bed and sleep.

     And that was it.

     Even when they were boarding the carriage this morning she did not say anything and only treats him like usual.

     Even until this moment she did not explain anything to him. He didn't know the meaning of that kiss.

     Or whether it has any meaning at all.

     Erika notices someone is looking at her. She turns around and she saw how Antonius try to avoid her eyes.

     She comes toward Antonius and then she chuckles

     'What?'

     The wind blows by her hair as it waves gently and it only serves to highlight Erika beauty. She usually becomes old after doing her divinations but now she has returned to normal.

     Her face is full of youth and there is just something different about her. She seems carefree.

     Antonius shakes his head and said

     'Nothing' Erika grins and asked

     'Really? Nothing?'

     The sea breeze passes them by and the sound of the wind sometimes blurred her words.

     The sound of ships coming and going also makes their words drowned by the other sound in the Port.

     But Antonius clearly heard it. 'No it is not nothing' he wanted to say. But then he swallowed those words.

     But then he wanted to blurt it out. He is torn. Then mustering his courage he told himself.

     'What is wrong with asking a few question right?'

     He come closer to Erika fearing anyone could still hear him even from this distance between him and the crowd and then he said to Erika

     'We need to talk about what happen' Antonius said

     'Oh'

     Erika grins and then with a teasing expression she said

     'Specifically about what?'

     Antonius knows Erika is teasing him so he said

     'The kiss'

     'Oh. What about it?' Erika ask back like she was discussing the weather or asking whether you had breakfast

     Hesitating Antonius ask Erika

     'What does it mean?' Erika touch her chin and smiling she answered

     'Does it have to mean something?' Erika once again ask back, but her eyes is full of playfulness

     Antonius frowned

     'It didn't mean anything?' He asked, his tone slightly rose without meaning to. Erika chuckles and answered.

     'No, it does meant something' And Antonius is slowly getting annoyed

     'If it means something…..What does it mean?'

     'Guess' Erika said and she laughs.

      For the first time in a long time she laughs in such a carefree manner. Whatever happens to her in the time she was unconscious changed her drastically.

     The Oracle Antonius knew is always solemn and always serious.

     It was like someone that is burdened by such a heavy truth that she always seems to slouch because of the weight.

     If Erika is the witness of Time Ending, then Antonius has always been the witness of Erika suffering.

     He had seen it many times.

     How she always pushes herself to see through Time and divine the future for the sake of humanity.

     He saw the moment where Erika suffers from backlash of her trying to peer through the Veil; he saw how painful it is for her.

     And what is more painful than that is that she keeps going even through the pain.

     And that hurts him too, seeing her suffering like that.

     So, he had always guarded him. Even though, all of his debts are repaid and he owed her nothing else, he is still beside her, loyally guarding her from all harm.

     After all these years he still there.

     Always loyally stays beside her.

     While his other contemporaries make a name for themselves becoming the Seven Warlords, he rejected fame, fortune and wealth and stays beside her content on becoming only her guardian.

     Because he saw how this young fragile little woman suffers so much pain that it would make any man heart weeps with sadness if they could witness what he had witnessed.

     Because of that he could not leave her. Because of that, he stays.

     And he also stays because he had learned to appreciate the strength of this woman that no other people had managed to see.

     So, when he was asked to guess what the kiss means, he is speechless and his mind is blank. There is one meaning he would like but he knew it is not possible.

     So, he shuts off that possibility.

     So, he only answers with those three words

     'I don't know' he replied after a while.

     He pondered about the question seriously. He tried to guess but he couldn't think of a reason why.

     Truth be told, he could think of a couple of reason.

     She might be disoriented, or she might have encountered some nightmares in her unconsciousness but he did not say it.

     Because it doesn't seem like it. If it is, Erika would have told him. She said it means something. But what does it means.

     Erika only smiles and then she said

     'I close my eyes and in that darkness the only thing I think about is my home' she smiles wistfully

      'Your home?' Antonius is puzzled

     'Yes' she nodded

     'In Athens?'

     Erika looks at him and then covering her mouth she try to stifle her laugh.

     'He is so lovable' she thought silently in her mind

     She shakes her head and said

     'No, dummy. You.' She pointed at Antonius

     'Me?' Antonius was shocked as he pointed at himself

     'Yes, my home is you. It has been like that for a long time' then she continued, her face is full of smiles

     'I didn't notice it but it seems you have become my everything. I used to walk alone in this path until you accompanied me. I used to dream my dream all alone but you also dreamed it with me. Now, we are walking the same path, dreaming the same dream.'

     Then she blushes as she looks at Antonius. It is quite embarrassing to say these words in public. If not because the crowds are far away she would choose another time to say these words.

     But she also doesn't waste any more time. Because if there is one thing she doesn't have the luxury of wasting, it is time

     On the other hand Antonius was frozen in place before he finally registered the words coming out from Erika mouth in his mind.

      'Wa..Wh….at do you mean?' Antonius was like a child stuttering in his word. Either it is because of extreme happiness or extreme shock, his word sound like babbles of a baby.

      It was like he accomplished his lifelong dreams.

      Erika blushed even harder.

     'Idiot. This is a confession'

     Then she added like she wants him to understand why she is feeling like this.

     'I see the future with my eyes but I realized my Time did not move even one step. I see other people times moving forward but not my Time. I was always afraid what the future holds and I fear to make even one wrong step. I was wrong. Sometimes even when you know how it ends, you still have to have faith. You still have to take that one step forward regardless of the future. Because as long as you don't take that one step forward, nothing would change and nothing would start. I need to step forward and brave it all head on'

     Then smiling she said

     'So, I don't want to wait another day. When I wake up and I see you beside me I know right away. I know my heart was right all along. You are different from other people in my life.. I think….I'll regret it if I lose you'

     'You mean….I mean that…Umm..' Antonius seems to lose any ability to speak another word, like he has forgotten how to speak.

     Erika looking at the flustered expression on Antonius face chuckles and she said

     'Dummy, I am saying I love you' Smiling she said

     'You ask what that kiss means didn't you? That is the meaning. I love you' And then she repeated it again, a little bit slower and with a cute expression on her face

     'I love you'

     Erika looks at Antonius, and she notices for the first time that his face is really handsome. She never notices it before. He looks like a manly Greek god sculpted to perfection.

     It is a perfect balance of beauty and manliness all packaged into one. As she admires him, she hears the Song of the Sea and this time she only smiles.

     She enjoys the melody of the Sea, no longer feeling overwhelmed by the secrets she holds now.

     Her eyes are green and no longer seem misty with white clouds swirling in her eyes. For she did not need to see the future right now.

     Well, she did not have to see the future for a few years until that time comes. She learns that sometime it is alright not to know everything.

     Sometimes it is alright for her to enjoy her time. It is a hard lesson for her to learn. But thankfully she learns it now.

     And she has a new dream now. And that dream becomes her hope. As long as that hope persists, she will never break down and she will never give up.

     They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

     Shed had all three. Though the thing she must do is not entirely happy but the thing she hopes for is certainly happy.

     Antonius on the other hand was flustered by the confession

     'I didn't think… that… hmm…you..I mea- ..I…Hmm…What was I to say what you fee-' Erika laughs cutting off Antonius nonsense babbling.

     Antonius now is like a broken robot, his words are not making sense and his face is red but he is smiling happily like an idiot.

     Well, he might be an idiot. But he is now her idiot.

     'Are you thinking about rejecting my confession?' Erika playfully asked

     Antonius hurriedly shakes his head.

     'No! That is not what I am saying? I do' And Erika burst into laughter.

     'This is not a wedding little Anthony.'

     'No..I.. 'Erika only smiles and her hand touch his cheeks and he shivered. That brings a chuckle in Erika

     'We have time. We still have a lot of time. After we get out of Pandemonium, let us enjoy a few years of peace.'

     Antonius was so happy that she did not truly hear what Erika was saying. There is a hint of finality in her tone when she said let us enjoy a few years of peace.

     Like she knows something.

     Well, considering she is the Oracle, she always knows something that other people don't know.

     She then moves away her hand and then looks forward at the vast horizon of water in front of him

     She then takes a deep breath and shakes her head. She still remembers what she needs to remembers but she also forgotten some things.

     Not because it is not important, but that memory is unnecessary.

     Important but unnecessary memory.

     Because if she chooses to remember that important but unnecessary memory she knows she would not have the strength to do what she must do.

     This is her destiny.

     To witness everything until the bitter end.

     Antonius took a little time to calm himself down after Erika bold confession. The winds of the sea bringing the smell of the sea pass them by.

     In that short few moments, Antonius becomes the happiest man alive in the world.

     The person she loves…loves him back. That is not an easy feat. Finding love is never easy. Sometimes you find it.

     Sometime they find you. But sometimes you found someone you love and you know it would never be.

     Life…always gets in the way.

     Antonius stays beside her all this years, hoping she would feel for him as he felt for her.

     He only dares to hope. He never said it to her. Because he did not want to add him as her burden. Because he knows that she did not think of him like that.

     He is mistaken.

      Because she always loved him, from the first moment he blocked a spear for her.

     But she never said it to him too. Because the future she saw….is too terrifying. She has been walking all over the Earth trying to prevent what is going to happens.

     She made it her life mission.

     So, she never told him. Life like always get in the way

     Then she fall unconscious. And she was shown something by her future self. And she learns something from that one eyed version of her.

     Time will not wait for her. It is alright for her to want some slice of happiness. It is alright for her to be happy and still do what she must.

     She doesn't necessarily have to choose.

     It took her that near death experience to realize her home isn't a place. It is a person. And she is finally home.

     To say to someone you love them and to hear them reply they loved you too…..what are more joyful words that could rival it in this world?

     The wind passes them by again and if not for the crowds looking at them Antonius wanted to jump and shouted to the world how happy he is.

     He wanted to hug her and kiss her like she has never been kissed before. He wanted to tell her how much he loves her, and how happy to hear the words she said to him.

     Because he could not do that now, he only looks at Erika smiling like he got all of his heart desire.

     He stands there beside her, looking at the same direction she is looking.

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     AUTHOR NOTE

     Part one of the chapter. You all said last time the last part of the chapter is too short right? Well, this time I write a ten thousand word chapter. This is the first part and it is about Erika and Antonius and it is already reaching four thousand words

     After all we are near the end of this Arc.

     Need to solve this vague relationship between Erika and Antonius. And if by now you couldn't see this coming, then you must have read a different story.

     The attraction between them is subtle but it is there each time I wrote about them. And Erika must have seen something in her dreams. There is things she forgotten but there is also things she remembers.

     For now it seems her interest seems aligned with Loki plans. Anyway this chapter is not all lovey dovey. If you read the title of this chapter it is Thunder Ready For a Fight. That is hardly a title suitable for a rom com moment.

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      But then he thinks of the many things the Oracle has done to meet the Death Monarch.

     Why did she suddenly decided to steer off course and sailed out from Pandemonium without seeing the Death Monarch?

     After all everyone knows that the Death Monarch is already in the Palace.

     So, hesitatingly he ask

     'Great Oracl-' Erika cut him off before he could finish that sentence

     'Call me Erika, dummy' Erika said and she smiles at Antonius.

     And this time the smile on her face is not the usual painful smile Antonius always sees when she is smiling.

     This is a sincere smile. And because it is sincere, it melts his heart

     'Er…ika.'

     'I think you got to practice that' Erika said chuckling a bit.

     'Yeah, I'll start practicing it from today' Antonius replies smiling bashfully.

     'Erika.'

     'Hmm?'

     'Why do you want to go out of Pandemonium right now?' There is a silent for a moment as the wind blows by her and caress her cheeks.

     'Why are you curios?' Erika ask

     'You still haven't met Death Monarch? He is there inside the Palace right now. You said you have something to tell him'

     Erika only smiles a mysterious smile

     'It is not yet the time'

     Then sighing she added

     'I thought it is already the time to told him certain things. But I guess….I am too hasty in my decision. Fear clouded my mind. The timing…is not right.'

     Then she sighed and does not speak any other words after that

     Antonius did not understand what the Oracle is trying to say but he only nodded.

     Then without anything else to talk about they both look at the vast water in front of them as the ships comes and goes.

     Then as they wait for their boats, and enjoying the scenery of the sea a slight commotion happened on their backs.

     The crowds seem to be noisy all of a sudden.

     Antonius quickly responded to the commotion.

     Even Erika turns back and looks at the crowd

      The crowd is parting to pass one man ahead of them. Most of them bowed slightly to that person.

     The black robed men of the Shadow Guard did not look surprised instead they blend in the crowds also looking at the person causing the commotion.

     A man appears, standing out from the rest of the crowd.

     He is wearing a purple robe that seems to fit him perfectly. His long black hair is tied up neatly and he seems to possess a regal bearing like the whole world is underneath his feet.

     He is handsome and his eyes seem to contain an unbreakable will. Erika knows people like that. It is someone who has firm conviction about what they were doing is right.

     Many of the people in the crowd are awed and some of them are the citizens of this man organization.

     As he walks to the port he is emanating an aura of a Great King.

     Around him purple butterfly flapping it wing gently as it stays around the vicinity of the man

     This man strode powerfully to the Port when he notices Erika as people parted ways for him not daring to match eyes with him.

     Erika eyes turn sharp.

     This man in the purple robe is none other than the President of the World Government Ashikaga Hirate.

     'Erika, we meet again' Hirate said as he hold out his hand. Erika smiles courteously and shakes his hand.

     'It has been a long time since we meet' Erika said. Hirate nodded then he stands not too far away from her. Antonius is also there protecting her.

     'Waiting?' He asked

     'Hmm' Erika replied.

     There was silence in the Port. It was the crowd in the vicinity of the port that seems tense and noisy.

     Everyone knows that Hirate was brought to Pandemonium by Death Monarch. Now he is here in this port of Newark safe and sound and doesn't seem to be hurt or stressed out.

     There were many speculations saying that he is in Pandemonium Secret prison and some even suggested he is dead.

     But here he is standing here on the Port. But disregarding the speculations, something must have happened.

     But everyone knows whatever happened between those two men, it must have to do with some world shaking decision that would affect millions.

     By now most of the people in the world knows that the race of aliens coming down from the sky a few weeks ago come from a planet called Orvan.

     They also knew that they are hunting a fugitive of their planet.

     That is the story the World Government and the Republic told the populace. There is no need to tell them about some curse about this fugitive who could not die.

     That would only invite panic. The fact that Sithulran could not die already becomes a headache for the World Government and the Republic.

     Every time Sithulran causes a problem the most they can do is kill her before she returns back stronger and more adept in her fighting techniques.

     The Orvanians that is staying in the World Government is also incensed.

     They suggested bringing their warship down on Earth which had the whole Senate of the Republic and the Quorum Council of the World Government to veto that idea.

     They would never let a warship of an alien civilization landed on Earth unless it is the last measure.

      If they ever bring down their warship down to Earth, imagine the panic that will spread on the world.

     The Weronian Invasion is still fresh in everybody mind. Even now, there are some people still hunting Weronians.

     And everyone knows about the Great Oracle arrival which is even earlier than the President of the World Government.

     And if the Republic and the World Government allowed it, they must also explained to the world the real truth about Orvanians and Sithulran which will only invite more panic.

     How do you kill something that can't be killed?

     While this is all happening all over the world, news came out from the White Owl that Hirate is at Pandemonium.

     Since then people have begun speculating many things and people fearing another war would erupt between the two men

     But here they all could see that Hirate is fine. Not only that they also saw the Oracle is going out from Pandemonium.

     Today, both of them are going out from Pandemonium.

     The discussion between Hirate and the Death Monarch had been concluded. But for some reasons even though Erika did not meet Death Monarch she is also leaving.

     Many intelligence agencies have already deduced why the Great oracle would leave the conform of her Temple in Moscow and go to Pandemonium

     She wanted to meet the Death Monarch. But suddenly when she had the chance to meet the Death Monarch she is returning home.

     The sea breeze once again blew passing the Port. This time, the wind passes these three people.

     The butterfly flaps it wings and perched itself onto the left shoulder of Hirate

     Erika look at the sea and then she ask

     'Did you get what you want from Death Monarch?' Hirate shakes his head regretfully.

     'I got some, lose some' he said. Then looking at Erika he said

     What about you?

     Smiling Erika said

     'Like you I got some, lose some. If there is something true about the Death Monarch it is that he is consistent' and she chuckles.

     Hirate also chuckles. Then seeing there is no longer any reason to talk to each other, silence descended again.

     The relationship between the World government and the Great Oracle Erika is quite iffy to say the least.

     She is now under the Republic but while it is so, she is also not the enemy of the World government.

     Her Temple is open to all and her believers are many. Some of them are people from the World Government while some of them are from the Republic.

     Whether it be for people of the World government, the Republic or even the people of the League of Freedom, her temple do not discriminate.

     The fact that Hirate as the President of the World government could still talks to her even after her betrayal shows how much the influence the Great Oracle possesses in the world.

     A few minutes pass by in silence and then in the horizon one could see a large ship coming to the Port, the size is gigantic and it emitted emanations of power that parted the waves in front of it.

     The crowd was shocked because this doesn't look like normal ship that usually appears in this Port but thinking about it again, there are rarely people as influential as Hirate and Oracle ever come to this humble Port.

     Some people in the crowd speculated that the ship belong to either one of them

      But then as that large ship slowly coming into views, that and that shocked expression is no longer in their face.

     Everyone was gasping in awe.

     Because coming into the views of the people in the Port is not a large ship but instead it is a titanic warship with plasma cannons on each of the side of the ship with a hull crafted from an unidentified metal.

     And then their expression turns into one of fear.

     They do not fear for their safety weirdly enough. Instead they fear for the safety of Hirate. Bringing a warship into Pandemonium.

     The last person trying to do that learned a very hard lesson from the Death Monarch.

     Hirate might be influential in his dominion and the World Government controlled lands but here in Pandemonium his influence means nothing.

     There is the Three Army, the Shadow Guard and most importantly there is the Death Monarch.

     It is coming closer and closer but the Shadow Guards and none of the patrol forces in the Port is moving.

     This puzzled the crowds. Shouldn't they stop that warship from coming?

     Even Erika was perplexed. So she looks toward Hirate and then ask

     'He allowed it?' Erika ask

      Hirate nodded smiling.

     Death Monarch allowed Hirate to summon his warship to sail him back home to the Island Of Peace and prepare for the World Distribution Event.

     Azief would never open the protection barrier on his continent to allow teleportation channel to be constructed in his territory.

     If one uses teleportation stone in his continent the most they could travel is inside the boundary of Pandemonium.

     He will also not allowed air travel so the only mode of transportation left for the President of the World Government is the sea

     It is really funny come to think of it. At least it is funny for Hirate. What else he could do other than swallowed this humiliation?

     Defy the words of the Death Monarch in his dominion? Even when Death Monarch is in other people dominion, he never cares much.

     Hirate is not that sick of life yet that he would seek death purposely.

     Erika then looks at that warship and said

     'Your ride is big' Hirate only smiles and then he said.

     'And pretty too. Want to ride together?' Hirate ask as sign of courtesy. Erika looks at Antonius for a moment before shaking her head.

     'I am grateful for the offer but we have a different destination.'

     'Ah, that is unfortunate but I understand. Until we meet again then Great Oracle'

     The warship slowly approached the dock area and then when they appears that they will sail forward and enter Pandemonium boundary they stopped just outside the Sea Barrier erected by Pandemonium Army.

     Hirate was about to jump to the ship from the port when suddenly in the sky, thunder booms. A hole had opened up in the sky and the clear skies before suddenly turns cloudy and dark.

     It was like the Heavens are angered.

     The winds turns harsh and heavy and storms of lightning and thunders are forming, the waves of the sea are in chaos that it even hit upon the warship, like an old man is beating the ship with a mace made of sea waves.

     The Earth also trembles like a man in anger

     And who is the Heavens and Earth of Pandemonium?

     Death Monarch!

     Hirate almost stumbled back in fear. But the he remembered that he already was given permission so this anger is not for him.

     But then who?

     Then a roar sounded out echoing through the large continent. It was a roar of anger and full of anxiousness.

     The shockwave of this roar trembles the earth, and causes the sea to rumble and the waves of the sea to smash around wildly.

     'WILL!' He seems too shouted. The source of this sound is from the Centre Palace. His roar spread out to all of Pandemonium.

     Like the Heavens are responding to Death Monarch roars, thunder rumbled across the vast continent of Pandemonium.

     Endless thunder spread out that it causes the protection barrier in Pandemonium to crack.

     Those that cultivated or have thunder energy in their body in Pandemonium all felt their thunder energy trembled.

     Even Oreki recuperating somewhere in Japan could feel the calling of Thunder.

     His eyes sharpened as he look towards that source of energy feeling complicated in his heart and he only said one word

     'Tribulation thunder!' before he closes his eyes and continue healing himself.

     It is no doubt the only one that could induce such heaven defying phenomenon is Death Monarch.

     He was refined by Tribulation Thunder and that refining causes him to have a trace of tribulation lightning in his body.

     So each time he uses thunder based energy, there is the sense of the tribulation thunder.

     In Pandemonium arcs of lightning fills the sky and thunder boomed like a war drums.

     It was like the thunder is readying for a fight. The ground trembles and the clouds suddenly burst into black flames.

     A killing intent spreads out all over the sky. Then the sound of glass breaking could be heard from the Centre Palace, the shockwaves shatters the residence in the Centre palace.

     Something black in color shoots out from the balcony of the Centre Palace into the sky in a shape of a blur because of the speed the black blur is moving which warps space and gravity around that black blur.

     That black blur is faster than lightning as sonic boom exploded behind that black blur.

     Thunder followed that black blur and the area that black blur passed slowly withers and dies.

     Hirate saw this. Erika also saw this. The whole of Pandemonium who look up to the sky saw this.

     They saw the black blur fly out from Pandemonium with such speed that it causes the sea water to part in two.

     By now there is no doubt in anyone heart that the black blur is Death Monarch! Seeing the black blur passes him by Hirate was relieved. At least his target isn't him.

     Hirate is still standing on the port and he realizes his hand is shaking. He calms himself down and he then asked Erika

     'You know something?' Erika shakes her head

     'I don't know. But judging from the way Death Monarch is acting, he is out for blood'

     Hirate nodded and said

     'I pity the fool that try to fight him'

     On the sky, thunder is ready to fight

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     Ok, here is the second part of the chapter. Hope you enjoy it. Like always if you enjoy it share it with the people you love. leave some comments, give me some reviews ( hopefully a good review) and vote.

     Anyway this is a long time coming. It is not unexpected and it is hinted before. Will was chasing Sithulran in the past chapters and this is related to that. This chapter also shows that Hirate is out of Pandemonium and Erika too. Whether something happen later that is a secret.

     For this chapter I recommend the song The Score - Heat to listen while reading the chapter. It also mentioned Oreki briefly recovering from the injury he got from Sithulran. Next part of the chapter will be about ....hehehe...I got you for a moment didn't you. Not going to give you all spoilers. Meet you all tomorrow.

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     313 THUNDER READY FOR A FIGHT 3

      PANDEMONIUM CENTRE PALACE

     A FEW MINUTES BEFORE

     In the secret chamber of the Palace, a person opens his eyes, his eyes is glowing blue and boundless power emanated out of him.

     The man then takes a deep breath and inhale and exhale and with him exhaling and inhaling movement the energy inside his body stabilized.

     Then he smiles.

     This time unlike the time before he forming his Disk did not attract any weird or dangerous phenomenon.

     This person is of course Death Monarch. Other than the Death Monarch who else could access this room?

     This time the room is fortified with more talisman, and protection barriers and arrays design

     Today, he wakes up in quite an awkward position. Beside him was Sofia sleeping peacefully her black hair covering up her left eyes.

     He could only look at her and slowly move that hair away from her eyes. Not knowing what to do he kissed her on the forehead.

     They did not do anything last night, only sleep beside each other. It is not because they don't want to.

     The reason they don't do anything is because they both have a lot to think about.

     This morning seeing she is still asleep he wakes up and decided to form his Disk. It took him almost all morning to refine the energy.

     While this time there is no weird phenomena the energy that he refines takes much more time to be formed into Disk.

     Azief believes this has to do with the fact that energy was extracted from the Rings.

     He had been wearing this ring for a long time and the things in the rings and the spell in the rings is all heaven defying.

     But even until now he did not know the true origin of this ring. Azul seems to know something about the ring but he was clearly not fond of sharing.

     Azief did not immediately go out from this room. He needs to take time. He waves his hand and he could feel the elements that flow around him.

     The seventh Disk he forms is the Aether Disk. It is the energy that flows through nearly all existence.

     Azief was also shocked when he found this energy inside the ring.

     This is why he was always puzzled about this ring. This must be some powerful treasure in the Universe.

     But he never found or heard of a powerful rings in his journey across Universes and Dimensions

     He still could not control this energy perfectly but he could sense a flow in the Universe. It is a flow of energy that exists in all things.

     In some magical world, Aether is called Mana. In the Three Thousand Worlds of the Jade Empire it is Qi.

     This elements is highly rare and extremely magical.

     Even though Azief uses the energy to form the base of his Seventh Disk, even he could not fathom how powerful it could be if it is cultivated into Laws.

     Azief also has his own speculation about Aether energy. He snaps his fingers and then a flower appeared on his hand. A live fresh flower.

     Azief smiles for a while before his smile faltered when the rose dissipated into blue motes of light.

     'Something that seems to exist between both matter and energy. It can partake in the nature of either substance but it is neither of those things. Hmm' Azief ponder his own understanding of Aether.

     He closes his eyes. Aether seems it seems to encompass existence seems to be similar to life force but Azief knows it encompasses more than the essence of living things.

     It could also be considered to be divine power.

     'The power to create' Azief muttered. Aether also existed in Elemental, Cosmic, spiritual and many others energies.

     Azief believes if he could master this energy he will be extremely powerful and essentially….invincible.

     If he could combine the energy in Aether and his Death Source…

     A new thought sprouted in his mind.

     He felt that if he could master this energy and turns it into Laws he could control the cosmological force and maybe even create his own.

     Even now Azief could already will the laws of nature to do his biddings. Imagine the force he would be wielding the moment he mastered the Aether energy.

     Right now he has seven Disks. The Worldly Disk, the Universal Disk, the Ancient Rune Disk, the Celestial Disk, the All Source Disk, the Ancient Demonic Disk and now the Aether Disk.

     'Six more to go' he said to himself. He only needs six more Disks for him to open the Supremacy Stairway.

     He then got up and he walked out. Outside nothing seems to change. He should talk to Sofia and ask how she is.

     He was about to walk to the Hall when a Keeper of the palace runs to him. Then he bowed and said urgently

     'My lord, there is urgent news from the Shadow Guard. Please answer the call' the Keeper of the Palace said as he handed a small flat stone with a round bead in the middle.

     Azief knows what it is. Nowadays it seems to replace telephone of the past. It is an invention by the Order of Thinkers and marketed by the Golden Syndicate.

     It is powered by monster cores.

     Azief took the stone and put his hand on the bead. The beads glows and Azief brought the stone close to his ears. He expected to hear Sasha voice. Instead he heard Katarina voice.

     'Azief.' The voice seems unenthusiastic and weak.

     'Katarina!' he was shocked. Not because Katarina called him but he could hear the tiredness in her voice.

     'What happened?' Azief face immediately turned hard and his eyes are bursting with killing intent.

     'Sithulran happened.'

     'You fought her?' Azief ask, worries is evident in his tone

     'Well, when she comes knocking hard I couldn't really just let her go without any consequences' Katarina said as she coughed up hard.

     Azief wanted to fly to Moscow right now to see her. If there is anything he could do to help he would.

     With his understanding of his Life Giving Finger he is confident he could heal Katarina with one push of his finger channeling the life force of the world into her.

     But for now unconsciously he is mad at Katarina. Hearing that he got injured by Sithulran he worries that her injuries is severe.

     He heard what happen to Raymond and the others the last time they clash with Sithulran.

     'You…you…idiot. You should have reach out to me. I would've helped you'

     Katarina was silent and then scoffed

     'I heard the Divine Archer is back.' Azief ponders how to answer this question. And then he said

     'Yes. She is back.'

     There is another silence.

     'Congratulations' she said. Azief face turns complicated and then he said

     'What I said that night…..it is not a lie. It is the truth in my heart. It was true then….it is true now.'

     Azief don't know how Katarina would have looked right now and that drives him crazy.

     Then Azief said

     'I will fly to Moscow. Wait for me.'

     'No. Don't' Katarina said and Azief face turned dark. The shock of hearing her said that almost make Azief wanted to squeeze the stone phone on his hand into ashes

     'What do you mean?'

     'There is a reason why I called you using the Shadow Guard.'

     'Hmm?'

     'Will was there. He is your sworn brother right?' she ask. Azief said

     'Yes'

     On the other end of the line Katarina hesitate to say

     Azief could feel something is wrong

     'Tell me. Is there something wrong with him?'

     Then she said

     'I think he is in trouble'

     Azief then quickly remembered the conversation he had with Will before. He said he is dissatisfied with himself running away when he encountered Sithulran the last time

     He said he too wants a rematch.

     Azief then said to Katarina

     'We'll talk later' and he ended the phone call.

     Then standing on that same spot, he closes his eyes and his Will pierce the Heavens, his Disk are all resonating and seven energies swirled around him

     Then his body slowly turned translucent and then dissipated as he merged with the Will of the World, usurping it.

     Azief divine sense spread all across the world. It was then he saw the fierce battle between Will and Sithulran locked in a storm of Time and Space in some island archipelago.

     And Will is clearly losing and suffering severe injury.

     Azief merged out from the Will of the World and his body appears back in his original position startling the Keeper Of The Palace who is waiting nearby.

     'Go!' Azief said to the Keeper of the Palace, his eyes is red like a Demon, killing intent swirls around him. The Keeper of the Palace run away as fast as he can.

     It is clear whatever that phone call is about, it makes the Death Monarch angry. In the sky of Pandemonium, thunder booms

     Azief is angered. And he is full of wrath. The winds went crazy like a mad monarch.

     Storms of lightning are forming all over Pandemonium to reflect the stormy emotions Azief is feeling right now

     The people are freaked out but they are not yet panicked. Living in Pandemonium one had to have a strong heart

     Then Azief roars, his roar is infused with his Will and superseded the Will of the World, so that his roar could be heard all over the world and mostly where Will is at.

     The roar shakes the earth and causes the sea to rumble with great ferocity.

      'WILL!' He shouted with his roar as he sees the broken image of his sworn brother, looking like he is about to die

     Thunder rumbled across the vast continent of Pandemonium, Death Monarch anger is at the peak right now.

     Endless thunder spread out that it causes the protection barrier in Pandemonium to crack.

     Those that cultivated or have thunder energy in their body in Pandemonium all felt their thunder energy trembled.

     Azief thunder is tribulation thunder, the most destructive type of thunder, containing the might of the Heavens

     Arcs of lightning fill the sky and thunder boomed like a war drums. Azief is about to enter to battle.

     The clouds in the sky burst into black flames as Azief forms turns into more demonic. He is using the Ancient Demonic Disk to bring out his most brutal side.

     His killing intent spreads out all over the sky. Then without hesitation he flies up with the force of his propulsion cracked all the pillars in Pandemonium Centre Palace.

     The shockwaves shatters almost half the residence in the Centre palace. Azief shoots out from the balcony of the Centre Palace into the sky in a shape of a blur

     His speed warps space and gravity. Sonic boom exploded behind him. Thunder followed him and as he passes the sea, the sea parts into two

     Azief is out for blood.

     On the sky, thunder is ready to fight

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     Thunder is ready to a fight! This explains Azief bursting out from the Centre palace. There is not much to talk about in this part of the chapter. Anyway, there is that conversation between him and Katarina. And one could see how Azief cares about her in his own way.

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     314 THUNDER READY FOR A FIGHT 4

      MARTIN VAZ, BRAZIL

     Zzzz!

     The sound of sizzling electricity that seems so ear deafening in the beginning of the battle now sound so weak.

     Weak and lifeless, like it is on the brink of extinguishing

     Slumped and leaning onto a half sliced boulder is a man. Swirling around his entire being is purple lightning.

     Around him Time and Space distorted but as he grows weaker the distortions around him seem to grow weaker.

     He clearly has seen better days. He is on his last breath

     'Uhuk, Uhuk!'

     Will coughed a lump of blood from his chest; his hand is grabbing his chest because of the pain. Each movement from his body is painful and requires a lot of effort.

     His internal organs are all in a mess, and blood is pouring from his eyes and his ears.

     His hand and feet is trembling and his face is full of deep scratches and his body is full of terrible wounds and holes.

     If not for his speed regeneration he would have long been dead

     'Fuck' he cursed as he tries to wipe the blood coming out from his mouth. But he found out that he did not even have the energy to move his hand up.

     He laughed bitterly.

     The lightning around his body also almost seems to be diminished and does not seems so powerful like in the beginning.

     'I should have straight up inform Azief the moment I saw her. I should not have chase her' he coughed for another round and his eyes is slowly losing consciousness.

     Not too far away from him he could see a woman in a position just like him. That woman is also slump and is leaning weakly onto another half sliced boulder.

     Purple blood streamed down from her wound and her mangled arms. The woman face is full of scars and traces of lightning and time energy that forces the wounds to keep bleeding.

     Her eyes is full of images of matrixes, runes of the Asgardians, and hieroglyphics and her body is surrounded by a weird energy

     Even though Will had done his utmost and uses even Speed Source to delay the regeneration of that woman, it is clear that is not enough.

     She only sneers in disdain looking at him.

     'This is the second time we met. Last time you were running from me and had your friend to save you. Now, we are alone, you and me.'

     And she laughed. Even when her body is damaged until this point she could still talk and revel in the misery of his enemies.

     Will smile bitterly.

     After he found the temple he thought his power has increased. Well, he was not wrong. What he didn't expect that she also increased in power.

     This woman is none other than Sithulran the most wanted fugitive in the world.

     This woman is also the one who beat Raymond, Hikigaya and Oreki to a pulp and force Loki to suffer such a setback.

     Then as Will is breathing hardly on the verge of dying, the woman triangle shaped mark in her forehead dimmed.

     She smiles confidently and then life force energy burst out from her, healing all of her injuries in matter of seconds.

     She slowly got up and cracks her neck. Smiling maliciously she said

     'Let us continue! I am still not satisfied' She said and there is killing intent in her voice as she takes her step slowly towards Will.

     Will is breathing slowly and slowly, and harder and harder it became. His breathing now almost sounded like a grunt now.

     Like a whimper before death

     His vision is slowly getting blur and he knows he is about to lose his consciousness.

     He smiles bitterly before he was reminded how he arrived here in an island in the middle of nowhere.

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     A FEW HOURS BEFORE

     He tackles Sithulran. That is what he did when he saw Sithulran is just inches away from piercing Katarina heart.

     They tangled in a vortex of space and Time before he punches Sithulran with the speed of sound concentrated in his fist which crack her skulls and force her back.

     She nods at him and they both quickly attack Sithulran together.

     Katarina then completed the attack with a sword slash energy that frozen anything hit by it. Sithulran barely escaped that slash as she jump just at the last minutes.

     But that energy still got a hold of Sithulran left arm. She decisively cut off her own left arm with her right hand

     She then flew away. And he? Before he knew it, he pushes his feet forward and the Speed Source fills his body.

     And then he became the lightning and chases her.

     A purple lightning chases over a golden blur.

     One on the sky, the other on the ground, as bolt of lightning sometimes shoots out from the purple lightning targeting the golden blur.

     Will when he is running his body inadvertently gather kinetic energy. He uses that to his advantage and transforms it into bolts of lightning.

     His bolt of lightning and Oreki bolt of lightning is different in nature. A Speedsters lightning contains the energy of Time and also Space concepts.

     It could be employed for many things. But its destructiveness does not pale in comparison to Oreki lightning destructiveness

     Behind them is the result of their speed race. Any kind of ground that Will stepped on would disintegrate. Each step was filled with power that depressed the surrounding lands.

     The moment he steps on an area almost a second later that area suffers depression of lands but Will was already hundreds of miles away.

     If it water area, then the water area would be depressed before it burst upwards. On the sky, the clouds dissipated the moment that golden blur pass by and space and time distorts

     In that moment, Will once again feel it. The feeling of becoming a lightning, the feeling of running on Time and jumping through Space.

     He felt the Speed Source calling him, helping him as his feet keep running forward, Time and Space folding and unfolding around him.

     Gravity bends around him, disobeying any Laws of physics. As he runs the purple lightning that surrounded his body had a tint of green.

     He felt Time….if that even makes sense. In that one moment where his lightning almost turns green, he felt like he could freely jump and run toward specific time in the past or future.

     And he smiles feeling that feeling like he is alive. The winds, the ground, the air, he revels in each moment it passes him by

     The sound barrier has long been broken. He is getting closer and closer as sound quakes shatter a few houses they pass

     Force field is generated around him by the Speed energy making him safe from the side effect of traveling with such a high speed movement.

     Will smiles feeling the heat from his back and hearing the sound quake as Lord Shadow also broke the speed of sound.

     His body right now is like a ball of sun. His body is full of heat and now just by passing a river, that river would condense into gas and rises up into the sky and turns into rains.

     The bolts of lightning keeps shooting at the golden blur from below and the golden blur keep dodging perfectly.

     Hurricanes are forms and storms of wind ravaged the lands each time Will change his direction in the middle of running.

     But Sithulran who is in the sky also becomes anxious as Will is slowly coming closer to her. She did not know how Will is increasing his speed, slowly but surely.

     She is still analyzing her opponents so she could not yet employs countermeasures

     It was then she notices something.

     'This human! You dare!'

     She is angered

     It turns out that Will is siphoning on her speed. Just when she had this one moment of anger, Will seized it.

     In a battle where both people possess hyper speed each movement could change the outcome between victory and defeat.

     Will jump and with his feet he uses the kinetic energy to create powerful force that enables him to leap to Sithulran position in the sky.

     And then he shouted before punching at Sithulran with the speed of light. The force halted Sithulran speed and punches her out of the sky as she was flying through the air

     her face distorted and she grits her teeth, her jaws is broken as she crash land onto Martin Vaz a tiny island on the archipelago of Trindade e Martim Vaz.

     She landed on a rugged terrain and the n an explosion sounded as the force of impact causes the entire island to shakes and become unstable.

     The few hills around the area were smashed into smithereens.

     Thankfully this island is uninhabited. Considering the human population in the world right now that is not especially shocking.

     Will then landed almost a second later and the moment his feet landed on the island, the entire island trembles and the entire geography of the island depressed by five feet forcing the island to crack on its seams and cracking.

     The island felt like it would break down.

     The dust has not yet settled but the moment Will step his foot on the island he went straight to pummel Sithulran.

     It was then something shocking happened. The moment Will was about to punch Sithulran she said

     [Analysis complete]

     [Target is a Speedster]

     [Researching weakness]

     [Weaknesses found]

     [ Turning the physiology of the body to counter speedsters]

     [Accessing the Speed Source]

     [Analyzing….]

     [Accessing the Negative Speed Source]

     Then a burst of absolute zero coldness spreads out from her, making Will speed to suddenly experience a drop.

     'What!' he was shocked to say the least

     Not only that, his Time and Space energy suddenly felt like it is being restricted and just right before that punch is about to land on Sithulran face she smiles.

     Then she pushes her palm forward. His punch connected with her face and her palm connected to his chest

     BOOM!

     The shockwaves ripples out and destroy everything in the vicinity like a bomb was being detonated around them

     They were both were thrown back hundreds of miles from each other.

     But they quickly get up disregarding their injury and this time Sithulran seems to possess a different air around her.

     She seems to also possess Speed akin of Speedster but it felt wrong. Will could feel that it felt wrong and he felt like it is something dangerous.

     But she was fast. Just like him.

     They then run to each other and then they collided with each other creating another waves of shockwaves that crack the island and shakes it roots and the waves around the sea seems to be reversed.

      A storm of Time was formed and in there they traded hundred maybe thousands of strikes and attack and each time Will speed is slowly getting slower.

     It felt like whatever energy Sithulran is suing is eating away at his speed. Like it infects and spread in his speed and makes it ill.

     And that is not all.

     He didn't know what she did but somehow any of his attack could easily be predicted with her eyes.

     And then the end result was that they were both injured heavily, leaning on a boulder slice by their wind slice, the unintentional result of their high speed battle.

     The difference is she would not truly die. But he will

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     315 THUNDER READY FOR A FIGHT 5

      PRESENT TIME

     The killing intent that is coming off of her is getting stronger with each step she taken.

     He is on his last breath. The bitter smile on his face is still there. At first, it was almost like he could have won the battle.

     Well, Sithulran is really a tough cookie.

     Now she is coming for him and he is about to die. But he is not afraid of death anymore. He could put himself at ease.

     Because he knew even if he dies, he knew Sithulran will not be able to escape her fate of suffering.

     He wanted to live of course. But even if he did not pass this day, he knows Sithulran will not have any happy endings.

     Azief would torture her on his behalf. This thought makes him not that aggrieved in dying. Then his mind wanders to another person.

     Lily his sister is safe and he did not to worry about his sworn brother.

     As he was about rot lose his consciousness and accept his fate it was then he heard a shout that reverberated all around the world

     'WILL!'

     Then a soundwave strikes though Sithulran flinging her miles away from him.

     Then suddenly without any warning whatsoever on the clear sky thunder booms loudly cracking the entire skyscape.

     Lightning followed lighting up the entire skyscape with golden arcs of electricity swirling and coiling around dark clouds.

     A hole opened up and then another voice sounded out like it come from above the sky, like it was the divine will of the Heavens

     'YOU DARE!'

     Will who was about to close his eyes slowly will himself to stay awake

     Talking to himself, with his body getting cold he said

     'Well, my brother would never forgive me if I give up this easily. Who else going to accompanied him until the end if I die here today'

     He smiles slightly

     On the slowly broken island the winds turns harsh and heavy like it is about to swallowed everything.

     BOOM!

     The sound of the thunders and lightning is like a war drum pushing him to try to hold on. It also sounds like a prelude to a battle.

     Storms of lightning bolts strikes the land creating large holes and sinkholes, and shaking the island like a tempest that wanted to wreck everything.

     The waves of the sea around the island were overturned and walls of water were pushed away from the island hitting the coast of Brazil; creating large damages and brought about a few villages destruction.

     The northernmost point of the island crack and could no longer hold on as it slide down unto the sea below as a lightning bolt descended down like a Heaven Punishment killing everything that is alive around there

     A roar then sounded out that reverberates through Space and Time to reach this location.

     It is a roar of anger, and full of killing intent. If Wargod is here he would feel that this roar is almost identical to his roar.

     It is an instinctive roar driven by the most pure emotion of rage. Then killing intent spread out into the island.

     Then a demonic aura envelops the entire island. The temperature dropped down and the island was shaking vigorously

     Red mist descends down from the clouds and whatever in its path dies. The dark clouds turn red like blood.

     The sky above opens up revealing the sky above the sky.

     BOOM!

     Another sound sounded out in the sky drowning the sound of thunder. It is the sound of howling echoing through in the sky

     Translucent bony faces emerge from the clouds as Demonic spiritual energy filled the island. Then a black blur descended down from the sky and that black blur seems to shot toward another part of the island crashing onto Sithulran

     The impact of the collision shatters space and created a large explosion cracking that part of the island making it weaker and is about to force this island to sink.

     Sithulran was thrown back a couple of miles away with all of her bones in her body break, purple blood erupted from every single orifice in her body because of the pressure of the punch.

     Not even a second passes before Sithulran could even bounce back from the fall that black blur once again shoot toward Sithulran and release another punch flinging Sithulran a hundred miles away

     Than the black blur then retreated and appears not far away from Will. This black blur is none other than Death Monarch

     He comes close to Will and then anxiously he pointed his thumb and pushes his thumb on Will forehead.

     It is the Life Giving Finger.

     Tremendous life energy shoots out from his thumb and channels itself into Will body, quickly healing him

     Even his cracked Disk is repaired. But in the hundred miles radius of where they are sitting, everything withers and dies.

     It was like their Life force was stolen and the energy of the world around that radius also shrinked.

     Will is healed and he is no longer on the verge of death but he is still not fit to fight. He needs to charge back his Speed. He overtaxed himself in his fight against Sithulran.

     He try to get up when he saw Azief is about to clash with Sithulran once again but then before he even got to rise halfway he got a hit on top of his head and fall back down to the ground

     'Hey. What's that about?' Azief look at Will with his red eyes and Will gulped.

     Azief right now is surrounded by demonic energy, his killing intent is so dense that it materializes in forms of mist and swirls around him like he is some kind of a Demon God that crawls out from the deepest hell

     Anyone would feel fear when being stared at by that eye.

     'What did I say before? You should have called me the moment you got her location. Fortunately, Katarina told me you went chasing Sithulran. I did not say you should engage her'

     Will smiles and laugh it off and said

     'I…improvise.'

     Azief sighed

     'You improvising always lead us on a worse spot then before you improvise' Will tries to get up once again but Azief pushed him back down.

     'Stay there and rest' Smiling he said

     'This is my rematch. And trust me when I say it is not going to be that long of battle. I'm going to take her down. And this time, she is going to say down'

      Smiling Azief then pushes his feet forward and he shoots like lightning towards Sithulran

     The rematch battle that the Death Monarch wanted so badly finally happened!

     Will hearing this only smiles and then he stay back down leaning on the boulder and scoffed

      'Such a show off!' he said with a smile on his face as an explosion rocked the island in the distance.

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     316 SIX PATHS OF REINCARNATION 1

      BOOM!

     The land beneath his feet exploded and turns into ashes, the shockwave ripples outward as the air and space around him distorted.

     Azief is travelling in a speed faster than sound and in less than a second later he appeared just a few inches away from Sithulran.

     The force of the sudden stopping crack the air and break the space around him as a booming shockwave originated from him.

     He pulls his fist back as energy converges around his fist and then releases it right at Sithulran stomach.

     He smiles before he releases it, his smile is full of confidence and his eyes gleams with excitement.

     BOOM!

     Azief fist is red because it is heated the resulting of the friction force between Azief speed and his sudden stop that force all that accumulated energy to concentrate into one point

     The sound of earth shattering space breaking and sizzling sound could be heard as it slice the area and space around the path of his fist

     His hand was like the embodiment of flames itself with the heat emanating out from his fist. And then the punch connected even as Sithulran tries to dodge.

     For a moment after the punch was released there is silence like all the sound in that area is being absorbed before suddenly the most ear deafening sound broke out

     The blue sky above has already turned dark and thunder and lightning have changed the sky of their area into a battlefield of sorts

     With this punch the wind around Azief changed direction, the forming storms in the distance dissipated and the sound of the world was drowned by the force of his punch

     BOOOM!

     The shockwave shocks the entire island like a hammer from the Heavens striking down and the ripples emanated out with Sithulran body as the epicenter of that shockwave.

     Her entire body felt the shock and one could see from her facial expression she is not enjoying it. This pain of feeling this punch is best described as an indescribable pain

     As that punch impact spread outs many parts of the island are breaking down as all four corners of the island are sliding down into the ocean, dropping down deep into the seabed.

     Sithulran body is flung backward but her feet are still stuck on the ground as she dragged an entire area of land to move with her lessening the impact.

     But her entire internal organ is burned from inside out. Imagine…..that kind of pain and suffering. Of burning from inside out.

     'Uhuk'

     She coughed not blood but her internal organs. When she looked at it she realizes that it is charred.

     She has an expression of bitter pain on her face and her entire body is trembling in pain, the vibration from her own body shaking produces more pain that reverberates through her entire body.

     Around her, the wind dissipated because of the pressure of the punch.

     In the distance, Azief is standing arrogantly amidst the smokes and ashes looking at her with the eye of a predator.

     His eye is blood red with a mix of black emitting an ancient light and there is a terrifying smile on his face

     His black attire clothes make her feel like she is face to face with Death.

     And Sithulran could feel the same feeling like she is in front of a Demon. And not just any Demon. It was like he is a Demonic Fiendgod.

     Like the great beings that roam the Universe.

     'How could this be?' she thought to herself.

     This is a planet in the middle of nowhere. Even if the World Orb is a powerful thing that could upgrade a civilization, in the end it is still a weapon.

     What did this human experience for him to possess the same aura as a Demonic Fiendgod? How could this human possess the aura like those powerful Supreme Beings?

      Sithulran got up weakly; her entire body is bleeding whether it be outside or inside. She did not try to do a metal attack.

     Because she felt it would be useless.

     No, she knows it would be useless. She did her research on this human before. This physique this human possess is none other than the Eternal Physique.

     He is bathed in the Purifying Fires of the Three thousand World. To invade his mind would be a fruitless effort at her current state of power

     'There must be more secret to this World Orb than I thought. If it's this powerful it puzzles me why none of the other great powers in the Universe didn't just come down to Earth and snatch it away? And why did the Intergalactic Alliance send it here? There is something else' she thought to herself.

     And she gritted her teeth because she could not figure it out.

     Even now, with all of her injuries in her body she still could not help but thinking of mystery and secrets

     Her body is all mangled, the majority of her bones is broken and she looks like she is about to die with a blow of wind but yet she didn't die.

     After she was released from her prison and appeared here there is a lot of thing she now remembers. The memory comes naturally to her.

     She remembers she was cursed by the Creator. For what offences she didn't remember. All she remembers is a titanic finger coming to her from the Void

     She thought this world is easy. Who would have thought none of the heroes of this world is an easy stick?

     Instead they are hard and possess and unbreakable iron will and relentless in pursuing her.

     If not for the curse the Creator put on her she would have long become dead. Looking in front of her, Sithulran saw the first mortal in her life she felt fear for.

     This time the human did not immediately attack her. Instead he stand there like he is waiting,. Waiting for her to get up and be ready.

     The last time she was reduced to atomic particle just by one punch of this human. Rarely there are people who accept Death Monarch punch and live to tell the tale

     This time she is a bit stronger and thus she could at least defend herself and not return to nothingness in one punch.

     She tried to analyze Azief when she was attacked before. No matter how fast Azief is, it could not escape the grasp of her Eyes.

     But even though she sees it she could not understand the analysis. There are too many energies swirling in this mortal body.

     It is fortunate enough that the energy did not blow him up but they are even in harmony with each other, separating themselves, never to mix together at the same time.

     Sithulran notices that about the people of this world. Somehow they could easily cultivate different energy in their bodies.

     But the reason she fears this human is because of the aura and the presence he emitted. It was like he has the aura of True Divinity and Divine Immortals.

     Azief on the hand look at Sithulran not too far away from him. With one step he could close the distance and eliminate this menace once and for all.

     But even if Azief punched this monster into oblivion she would just revive and revive again. And she kept getting stronger and stronger at a fast pace.

     That is the dilemma. How long must he keep fighting this woman?

     How could he stay at ease when he knows that she could strike at his friend and his people anytime he went away?

     He wanted to walk beyond this Earth. That is why he said to Hirate he did not want this world. Outside this world, there is the vast Universe to explore

     So before he goes out he wanted to solve this problem first. And the spell he learned from Azul is the perfect spell to stop this mad alien scientist.

     He stand there, thinking and at the same time preparing.

     There is red mist swirling around him. The red mist properties are heavy so even though it is just mist, it pressured the very land Azief is standing in.

     The land beneath his feet depressed an half an inch over every two seconds.

     The energy is also very Demonic in nature. Azief uses anger to as a trigger for him to use the Ancient Demonic energy

     His killing intent could be seen with the naked eyes.

     His entire demeanor and appearance also turned demonic, his hair is long and his eye color is a mixture of red and black.

     His aura is violent and even though he just stand there doing nothing, his aura is making the air and the Laws around the island to be in chaos.

     The energy coming out of him is capable of inducing madness and frenzy causing people to be ensnared in bloodlust.

     Unfortunately this aura is nothing in front of Sithulran.

     She after all sees something that already made her crazy all those eons ago. Even though she did not remember it

     But it still gives her pressure as that aura ripples through the entire island.

     Azief takes a step and his aura burst out from him causing all the pebble and stones around him to disintegrate and turns into atomic particle

     The land beneath his feet depressed and thunder boomed in the sky.

     The aura coming out from him right now is domineering and full of ancientness like it is an aura forgotten by Time.

     Azief base the foundation of his Ancient Demonic Disk from the Demonic energy he got from Azul, one of the probably oldest creatures to exist in the Universe.

     This ancientness feeling appears because of that reason. He is smiling but it did not ease Sithulran heart.

     Instead it makes her even more unsettled

     It is a ruthless smile

     She spit a lump of blood to the ground and the ground melted because of the heat coming out from inside her body.

     In that lump of blood there is a piece of her liver.

     Sithulran could not give up right now.

     She will fight him again and this time she will use her eyes to try to analyze this human weakness so next time when they fight she could kill this disrespectful human.

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     317 SIX PATHS OF REINCARNATION 2

      On the sky, the Heaven Will around this area is already usurped by Azief, powerless against him since Azief has already formed seven Disks.

     The thunderous rumbling and the golden lighting all changed like it was responding to the call in the heart of their monarch.

     The thunder cracks the sky; the space slowly unravels and shakes the Laws of the World so hard that it almost break.

     The golden lightning turned red and is full of extermination energy. Once it falls and strikes the land, a large chunk of land is destroyed.

     And everything that lives around there no longer could grow or thrive.

     It spreads extermination and destruction.

     Because the golden lightning is now infused with the killing intent of their monarch, it possesses an energy that desires to exterminate and destroy.

     Azief smiles as he sees Sithulran is gathering energy to heal her injury.

     'Pointless' he said

     Azief took another step forward and the clouds in the sky are burned by a mysterious dark flame

     Rains of black flames descend down to the island. Wherever it falls, it burns until there is nothing to burn.

     The island of Martin Vaz is breaking and falling down to the bottom of the ocean on some area, full of holes on some parts and if that is not enough, now the entire island is burning with black flames.

     Fire in the east, fire in the west, fire in the south, fire in the north.

     Fire everywhere

     It is a large flame that could be seen hundreds of miles away.

     Wherever the droplets of black flames falls from the sky like rain it would melt anything it landed on.

     Even if it landed on metals it would melt that metal.

     Then he took another step as Sithulran triangle marked shaped once again dimmed and her entire injury regenerated.

     With that step Azief entire body swirled with thick demonic energy and the blood red mist around him almost solidified swirling around his body like a tornado swirls, fast and gaining momentum.

     The land beneath his feet is burned by demonic flames as his feet emitted demonic flames. But the flames did not hurt him in the slightest.

     Then as she just heal up Azief push his feet forward without hesitation, the demonic energy swirling around him and the energy around him is pushed to the brim.

     Like lightning he once again appeared in front of Sithulran

      He smirks and said

     'I am going to take you down. I promise my brother. And I always fulfill my promise' Then he punches Sithulran again. This time he punches her in the face.

     BOOOM!

     This punch is heaven shattering as the sky above them crack and a hole opened up showing the sky above the sky.

     And this heaven shattering punch smashed down upon Sithulran. Even though she would always revive after she is dead, she could still feel pain.

     So, she thought she could remain calm even as death is approaching but the moment she felt the impact of the punch, her calm expression distorted and all that replaced it is pain.

     And the more shocking thing she realized that this human people called Death Monarch held back some of his power to avoid killing her.

     That did not make her feel any happier. Instead it brings chills to her heart.

     This time the impact of the punch causes her to be flung outside the island as she landed right in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean

     Her entire energy and life force that just enter her body scatters like ashes and the moment she collided with the sea water a large explosions erupted in the middle of the ocean, scaring the sea monster below, the impact pierce the seabed and destroy many aquatic sea monsters nest below.

     The ripples of the shockwave changed the wave of the sea direction in the radius of two hundred miles.

     On the island the ripples of the mighty punch spread to the archipelago of the island and it is the last straw for the island.

     All around, the burning broken island crack and slide down to the sea creating an eruption of large wave in all direction.

     This impact shakes the sea and creates large waves of sea water rising up from the sea.

     A tsunami is heading towards Brazil because of the clash between Death Monarch and Sithulran.

     Brazil forces have already notices the battle in the island but they did not interfere because of the nature of the battle.

     It is fact that they do not have confidence to fight Sithulran else they would bring damage to the cities and maybe even their country and not to mention the casualties of that battle would surely reach a staggering amount.

     But they watch closely the battle from the beginning since even when Will was fighting Sithulran.

     When they saw the Death Monarch came and traded blows with Sithulran they are even more hesitant to enter the battle.

     This is beyond their level to enter a battle between two titanic monster that could destroy countries and kingdoms.

     Nobody consider Death Monarch as a normal man. If he is to be classified Death Monarch is a walking nuclear weapon.

     A calamity or a disaster. That is why nobody dares provokes him.

     They saw Death Monarch punch Sithulran and the result of the punch. To say they were shocked is an understatement

     But they quickly mobilize their army and activate their barrier formation, hoping it would stand against the first impact of the tsunami

     As long as the first impact is resisted, it is easier to minimize the effect.

     The troublesome thing is the sea monster that would surely be washed away to the shore because of the tsunami.

     Will who is supposed to be resting is instead being brought away by a woman as Azief is fighting Sithulran.

     This woman is wearing white tight clothing, like a different version of Death Monarch black attire and on her waist is a red sword emanating a heaven piercing intent.

     Will took a peek and saw her face

     Her face is perfect, her eyelashes is beautiful and as that woman is flying across the debris of the broken island and slicing the wall of water that is coming towards her she does not look like some brute that uses strength.

     Instead each of her movement is elegant and only seems to complement her beauty.

     As the ashes settle around them when the woman fly to the sky, Will could now see the woman more clearly.

     She is young and even though her complexion is pale it is a beautiful kind of pale.

     Her blue eyes are dazzling and enchanting.

     Amidst the dark flame in the clouds that keeps raining down and the dark clouds of red lightning and thunderous sound of the sky, her eyes that is full of determination is even more dazzling than diamonds.

     Her lips are tender and full.

     Her face seems to form a perfect beautiful painting that symbolizes and embodied the meaning of beauty.

     Her long silky bright black hair that collapses like a waterfall on both of her shoulders and the contrast with her delicate facial feature made her appearance even lovelier

     Her figure had elegant curves in all the right places, and her figure was far above and beyond the norm.

     Her skin color is pale white and soft, full of gloss and shine, full of life and spirit.

     This woman must be…Will thought and smiles

     'Katarina, you came' Will ask

     She did not say anything but she nodded as she flies through the air far away from the site of Azief battle with Sithulran.

     Beneath her feet is cold energy that changes the temperature surrounding them and provide Will with protection as a barrier of ice floating and encircling him.

     On the sky just beside the red clouds and the red thunder skyscape, another part of the sky seems unaffected.

     And instead of raining dark flames it rained down snows like winter has come. Snowflakes falls down and froze part of the sea as the cold takes reigns

     Then as they fly a little bit farther Katarina answer Will question

     'He needs my help' Katarina simply said.

     Meanwhile Azief is still on the broken island and he has long notices Katarina presence. Noticing her presence he sighed

      'She should not have come' he said to himself. There is a trace of worry in his face. If Katarina is not injured he will not be worried.

     She could handle herself. But she is injured. Azief don't want her to get tangled with his battle. Fortunately she just came and brings Will away.

     He sighed as he said

     'Return to me' as a familiar energy enters his body and his body bursting with more energy.

     Before he initiated the attack with Sithulran he already made a clone of himself. A Shadow Clone to watch over Will if the need arises.

     Now, that Katarina has brought Will away from here, Azief no longer has any reservation. He smiles and then he laughed to the sky.

     Behind him the island is breaking apart, flames erupted from the earth veins and rains of fires rained down.

     He stomp his feet and a powerful force erupted and crack the island and the entire island exploded downwards

     The entire island all breaks into pieces as Azief push his feet forward, his speed part the sea water around him as he dives into the sea to clash with Sithulran

     Under the sea Sithulran is now prepared for Azief next attack. She touched her triangle shaped mark and then she pointed her finger to Azief.

     A powerful force comes from Sithulran finger and turned into a sharp light that cut apart all Laws

     The sea monster between the light and Azief are all extinguished like they were flames of a candle being dropped into cold water.

     Azief remain calm and there is even a sneer on his face.

     He punches again this time even more powerful than before that it causes the sea water around him to turn into gas.

     A huge part of the sea suddenly dissipated because they all turned into gas.

     He punches forward and his punch smash through the sharp light.

     A thunderous rumble echoes across the South Atlantic Ocean

     Crackling sound echoed that it reached Brazil and large spatial crack appeared under the sea.

     The shockwaves spread because of the impact of the collision and it seems as if space itself is going to be split into half.

     By now, the whole world have already sense the battle that is happening in the South Atlantic Ocean.

     They all send their surveillance device to witness this battle.

     The might of Azief punch was lessened but it was not neutralized as the residual might struck Sithulran and she is push downward into the seabed.

     She let out a painful groan and her eyes revealed a hint of madness. It was like this human is playing with her.

     He could kill her but he did not. It is like he is waiting for something.

     'ARGHH!' She shouted in anger.

     'You think I have no other way to deal with you! Take this!' Then she touches her forehead and another triangle shaped mark dimmed.

     Azief could feel an indescribable ancient power coming out from her. Azief did not understand that power.

     But he is not afraid. Far from it. He sneered in disdain, full of confidence

     He is still calm.

     His eyes are cold and his killing intent is even sharper.

     He is waiting.

     Her forehead shined and her injuries once again healed but this time not only her injury healed up she also bring out something from her forehead.

     She then punches toward Azief before she crash into the seabed.

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      The punch gave off endless desolation and extermination energy and exploded with the power to destroy the world.

     The force of that punch causes earthquake in the sea and all over the world mini quake disturbed the world.

     The sea of South Atlantic Ocean exploded as walls and walls of water rush off to all directions. The waves swept the entirety of Saint Helena Island bringing it down into the sea.

      It then continued until it reached the shores of Namibia, Congo, Angola, Nigeria and Liberia to say some of the nations and kingdom affected by this water waves.

     The island of Ascension also drowns as half of the island slide down into the sea.

     The explosion widened until it formed a storm that swept across the surrounding area.

     The thunderous rumble of the explosion made it seem like the whole world is going to collapse, and space itself was ripped open.

     Huge spatial cracks appeared and covered the surrounding. If this storm is to grow then countless creatures would be dead

     Azief is still calm and then he pointed his index finger and energy converges on his index finger, his hand shining golden light.

     It is the Heaven Sundering Finger. The entire energy of the world converges around Azief as he absorbed it all to power his finger.

     All the veins and channels of energy inside Azief body are stimulated.

     This time unlike before his energy is not drained easily. He has solidified his foundation and with him absorbing the World Energy his Disk will not be drained in just using one finger.

     He then calmly pointed his finger at the forming storms

     ROAR!

     The moment he pointed his finger a roaring sounded from the sky.

     The Heavens roar and the clouds turn blood red, making the entire South Atlantic Ocean look red.

     A ferocious aura full of killing intent and defiance reveals it presence like it is raging at the Will of the World and challenging it into a battle

     A heaven sundering aura comes out from Azief finger.

     And the Will of the World howls in pain, as the might of that finger is sundering it, bringing it down messing with the Laws that governs the world.

     The might of the finger created something sharp-like energy that slashes everything around him be it ethereal things or solid thing.

     It causes the Laws around them to lose their control over the concept they manage.

     The energy around them all seems to be in chaos, in imbalance and messing up the natural order.

     Azief until today still did not understand Azul words

      'Even in chaos there is some order! Sunder the Heavens so a new heaven could sprout! Sow them and then reap them'

     That is the words Azul shouted at him.

     But while he remembers the words, he doesn't understand it. But while he did not understand it completely, he understands it slightly.

     And that is enough.

     As that finger shot out that heaven sundering aura, the sharp like energy slices the Laws that created that storm into nothingness.

     He might not understand the Order part of the chaos.

     But he understands Chaos.

     He might not understand the words Sunder the Heavens so a new heaven could sprout. But he understands how to Sunder the Heavens.

     Just as fast as the storm forms, it was erased like it never existed at all.

     Not only that, the waves that is about to come again to the coast of the many nations also falls down without resistance like the Laws that forces them to rise up and move according to the concept of force and reaction were rendered useless.

     The sea is suddenly calm. But the sky is still red, thunder is still booming and red lightning still covered the Heavens

     The battle is not yet over.

     Azief is inside the sea looking at Sithulran that is helpless. She is stuck deep in the seabed, breathing hard. Azief eyes look at her like she was an ant.

     Then he said, his voice is cold an d his face is expressionless

     'Is this all you got? What a disappointment. I thought you would prove to be a challenge. Is this the only thing you could do? If it's not for the fact that you could not die, you are not even worthy to accept my fist' Azief said sneering.

     But while Sithulran is at dead end she is not afraid at all. Instead she laughed

     They were talking underwater but yet they could hear each other because they manipulate the elements to talk to each other.

     'Even if you kill me I would return back. And then I will kill you. And unlike me you couldn't return back to life. I will come back stronger' she said laughing with madness

     One could not understand her obsession of course. She wanted to know the things she forgotten.

     She saw something. But she couldn't remember what. She couldn't even remember who she really is. It drives her crazy

     When she heard that the World Orb is here, she thought she could use it to bring back her memory.

     But a man by the name of Rafah told him that the Orvanians is hunting her and is using the World Orb as bait for her.

     But she still goes because that is her best shot of gaining back her memory. But like that man told her it was an ambush.

     It is good thing that she prepares herself before going there and she did not fall into their trap.

     But none of the heroes of this world that she fought gives any pressure of danger like when she is facing this human that is looking at her with a pitiful expression.

     Azief hearing Sithulran declaration to kill him was not rattled in the least. Instead he smiles devilishly

     'You really think you are truly safe just because you couldn't die? I will prove to you that there are worse thing than dying.'

     Then he pointed his palm upward and the entire world shook. This shaking did not only constrained itself to the island.

     The entire world felt it.

     Somewhere in the Republic a man who is trimming a tree in his study felt a feeling of foreboding.

     He waved his hand and he appears outside of his office with an aura of Time swirling around him.

     All around him things reverses in growth. The grass that is about to die reversed back to when they are lush and full of life.

     The dead soil reverted back to when it is fertile.

     This man is Jean, one of the Chancellors of the Senate of the Republic

     He looks at the sky and he could feel something is about to descend on Earth. Something that is full of Time entanglement.

     Then he began talking to himself

     'What is this force? Karma? Does Karma affect Time or Time affect karma? Does Karma gives Time meaning or does Time give Karma meaning? Or is it one of the same? If there is an effect then there must be a cause. But each cause is determined by Time. Since Karma is a cause and effect than Time…is it a neutral force?'

     This person asked himself as his eyes is trained at the sky and he is having enlightenment about his Grand Path

     Meanwhile in space as Azief pointed his palm upward a destructive force rips apart the space around the Sun.

     A large shockwave spread out in the starry skies outside of Earth as Time and Space compressed itself like it is being suppressed.

     The seals of the world that is powered by the Will of the World cracks like a glass being struck by a hammer before it shattered almost immediately.

     The protection afterward dissipated layer by layer. The force is unstoppable like a heated sword going through butter.

     Thunderous rumbles echoed all over the world, shaking the skies and scaring the entire world populace.

     Even Hikigaya who is in the World Government is looking at the sky and gained some enlightenment.

     He looks at the sky and said

     'Which is real? The cause and effect? If one reverses it, if everything is a dream, then what is cause and what is effect? Where is Karma…if everything is just a dream? If everything that is real is turn into unreal and reality is subverted into illusion, then where does Karma exist?'

     All around the world some people are having an enlightenment of their Path while some feel the pressure that is descending down is akin of Heavens crashing down to Earth.

     Azief is using this spell for the first time since he learned it.

     Azief is grinning but sweats are filling his forehead, and three of his Disk is drained all of its energy.

     His entire arms and hand is trembling and his body is enduring a powerful pressure that is vast and boundless.

     A gigantic vortex appears on the atmosphere of Earth, ripping the Laws that becomes an obstacle for the thing that is about to descend down.

     Large ripples of energy appeared on the atmosphere entrance of Earth

     Pooping sound echoes all around the world as air pockets in the atmosphere exploded and created air blast and changed the weather all around the world creating storm, tsunamis, earthquakes and floods.

     Azief now has used four of his Disk and that thing is still not coming down.

     Space all around the world is cracking and being torn apart mercilessly by this enormous pressure.

     Then Azief smiles as he felt that it has arrived

     'It is time'

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     319 SIX PATHS OF REINCARNATION 4

      Azief clenched his fist and roar as a powerful energy bursted out from him that causes the seawater around him to spirals upwards piercing the sky.

     His roar echoes through the Heaven and shaking the firmament and part away the clouds. His aura break through the sky and opens up the atmosphere

     A golden light descended down and shines upon him.

     An isolated sky appears above his head. A divine power surpassing any mighty pressure he ever emitted before erupted from him

     Azief merge with the world, his body turns to motes of golden light as a titanic golden figures appears in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean

     His feet reached the seabed and the entire height of the sea only covered the area just below his knees

     His height reaches an incredible height that his face is beyond the clouds.

     All of the sea of the Seven Seas shook in this instant; the seabed seems to be vibrating and tremors fills the entire Sea.

     Azief appears to be gigantic with power emanating out of him that breaks space and pressuring it down.

     Even the Heavens is temporarily suppressed by the pressure coming out from his body right now.

     Almost all of Azief Disks right now is supplying him with energy to support this golden body draining the Disks energy at a terrifying speed

     This is Azief Willpower separate from the Will of the World. Right now he is like the King of the World, all eyes on his every move.

     His stature right now is striking the fear in people heart. If he is in the presence of the people of the world, they would be pressured to bow down to him.

     In this world, they are not many that are worthy to be in his presence at this moment.

     Even the strongest people in the World Government would be speechless and unable to say a word in front of such a large figure because of the pressure emanating out of Death Monarch right now.

     This is a pressure coming out from seven energies that pressure everything on heaven and Earth

     Then he looks upwards into the sky as that thing is coming down. He holds his palm upwards as droning sound fills the whole world.

     He smiles.

     Everyone in the world could hear the droning sound and everyone in the world could see it because of how gigantic that thing is

     That thing already broke the World Seal and its protection.

     Azief body now is being pressured by the Will of the World and at the same time he knows that the thing that is coming down will also emitted a pressure that might even surpassed the pressure of the Will of the World.

     Then that thing descended with a droning sound that travel around the world six times and halted as Azief gigantic figure hold it forcing it to stop descending.

     The downward force pressured Azief gigantic body to expel more force as the seabed where Azief foot is stepping depressed a thousand feet deep and the whole South Atlantic Ocean height decrease a thousand feet

     It created even more rumblings deep in the sea as some sea monster were forced out of their nest

     But right now the whole world is focusing on that thing.

     In Azief hand right now is a gigantic wheel that seems to contain the power of life and death, of creation and destruction, of Time and Karma, of reality and dreams of reality.

     The moment it falls onto his hand, he felt his entire body shaking and a world shaking momentum assaulted him.

     But he smiles.

     Because it worked.

     Around that wheel millions of souls could be seen circling it, possessing many forms, some are hideous, some are beautiful, and the wheel itself is containing the power of life and death.

     The Wheel in Azief hand is not moving but even so the Laws emanating from it supersedes any of the Laws of the World.

     On the sky all over the world, the sky is bleeding because of the fight they have with this wheel when it tries to enter Earth

     And the people watching this scene also looked intently at that gigantic wheel that covered up the Heavens and seem unnecessarily titanic

     They could see that on the hub of the wheel is a Red Pig, a Rainbow Rooster and a Grey gigantic snake that seems to be chasing each other, each of them poisonous and could bring down an entire galaxy by themselves if they were to be released by the wheel.

     They could see it moving like they were sealed there by some powerful sealing magic.

     The second layer of the wheel seems to depicts lives of countless of beings, multitudes of aliens races, their lives and connection to each other and their reincarnation that needs to resolve the connection and sever their obsessions

     It is a scene of people forming Karma, sowing it and reaping it. And the second layer emanated Laws of Life and Death, Karma and Time and reality.

     If anyone is touched by the aura coming out from that second wheel, they would form Karma with it.

     The second layer of the wheel have two half circles.

     One half of the circle is bright as the sun and shows myriads of beings, races of aliens with content face.

     This half circle seems to emanated holy and divine energy

     The other half seems to be dark with no suns showing myriads of being in a miserable state being led downwards to down the Wheel

     This other half emanated an aura of darkness and demonic, of negative emotions and forces

     The third layer of the wheel is divided into six sections that represent the six realms of cyclic existence, the process of cycling through one rebirth after another.

     It is the Six Realms of Reincarnation

     There is a realm where there are many beings lead long and enjoyable lives full of pleasure and abundance

     But because of all the pleasures and abundance, they seem to be dazed with it. There is another realm where jealousy and envy seems to fills the heart of every being.

     Then there is a realm where its resident is shackled by passion, desire, doubt and pride.

     This realm however has just enough suffering but not too much that it would lead them astray from seeking the truth

     Then there is a realm where most of them were like beast and animals. They all struggle to become better and live their short lives.

     And then there is a realm where the feeling of possessiveness and desire fills the entire realm. And then there is one realm which is different from the other.

     It is a realm full of hatred and resentment.

     However if one look closely at each of these realms, instead of the figure of Azul in the wheel this time on the wheel there is the figure of Azief who is always present in every one of these realms, ready to offer guidance and help

     One could gains greater insight into the workings of karma; just by looking at this gigantic wheel that seems to be born with the understanding of the Karma of the Universe.

     This is the spell Azul taught him

     'The Six Path of Reincarnation Spell' Azief shouted and he laughed happily.

     He managed to summon the Wheel of Reincarnation even though his gigantic golden figure is slowly cracking because of the pressure of the Wheel

     Then looking at Sithulran deep in the seabed, like a human viewing an ant he said

     'You said you could not die? Then live always in cycle of existence in an endless rebirth. Unless you let go of your desire and ignorance and settle your Karma you will never be free of the Six Realms of Existence. Try to attain true insight into impermanence!'

     With that Azief channel his Ancient Demonic Energy into the Wheel and with that one moment his Ancient Demonic Disk cracked.

     Then another sound sounded. It is a sound of creaking that echoes through the world as the Wheel of Reincarnation started rotating as Azief smiles with a winning expression

     'You are done!' Azief shouted and he laughed, his laugh reverberates through the sky

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     320 RED HERRING 1

      The whole world looks at the sky as they heard the resounding sound that circles the world. Those who look up at the sky would see a Wheel.

     Those who could not see the Wheel could hear the sound of the wheel, a droning sound that buzz in one ear endlessly.

     To some people the sound of the Wheel, of the creaking movement is merely a droning sound like a buzz of mosquitoes.

     But for others, there are some people who could hear a chanting sound of holy enlightenment pertaining to the truth of the Universe enlightening them on their Grand Path if they are ready.

     Others would be trapped in the melody of that sound, reliving the moment in their lives they regret the most, tears streaming down their face.

     Some remain still, like they were frozen, their eyes seems to be seeing something else, their ears seems to be hearing something else and their mind is blank, like they are a shell of something empty.

     It was like they were trapped in the endless cycle of existence and endless rebirth. Azief knows this matter the best.

     Seventy years could be only seven seconds, and all of it could be a dream but just because it is a dream doesn't means it doesn't have some truth in it.

     Dreams…sometimes contains some truth the eyes could not see

     Of course this effect would only be temporary since Azief does not really mastered the Wheel of Reincarnation but this is a terrifying event as his Spell powered by all of his Seven Disk affect the whole world.

     Other than some places like the World Government, the Storm Tide of the League of Freedom and Moscow where the Senate is situated where many enchantments, barriers, talismans and protection arrays are situated, the effect of the Wheel in this places is lessened compared to the rest of the world.

     But for the rest of the world it is not a pretty sight.

     And it does not only affect humans. Even monsters are affected. Some of them devolved, while some of them gained some sentience.

     Those monster who devolved stand still blanking in their thoughts before they turned to dust, their energy merged with the Will of the World strengthening the Will of the World and healing the bleeding of the sky

     And for those monsters who gain sentience, like a blind man seeing for the first time roams the Earth thinking who and what it is?

     The once mindless monsters began to question itself. But only a few monsters out of millions of monster all over the world gained sentience.

     It is like Azief when he was the Divine Dragon in one of Azul lives.

     In the first few hundred years of his life, he lived as a mindless dragon, destroying anything in his path before he become enlightened and become a True Dragon.

     Such monsters and such beast could become a protector and not just a scourge. This is just a few of the effect of the Wheel of Reincarnation.

     Azief himself must not have foreseen that by summoning the Wheel, he would set such a chain reaction that affects the entire world.

     It is not that Azief is overpowered. It is his spell that is overpowered. Considering that he has Seven Disk right now, in the entire world, he has no match.

     He is matchless and peerless under Heaven.

     But even as powerful as he is, the moment he summon the Wheel of Reincarnation, his Disk cracked and his Seven Disk is almost drain of power the moment he activated the Wheel.

     If not for the regeneration of energy in his body, he would have long been sucked into that Wheel as backlash of the energy rebounding.

     For every people that see the Wheel of Reincarnation and heard the sound coming from the creaking of the Wheel moving, they all have different experience based on their understanding of the world and the Universe, and based on the understanding of their own path and their own self.

     In Chatham Island in New Zealand, someone is hearing a melody instead of a droning sound. And that melody is unpleasant to his ears.

     It is torturing him to be more accurate.

     And he is reacting to it in a different manner than any other person.

     His soul is desperately yelling, screaming and thrashing about and it was like a different personality is about to come out from his soul.

     This is a young man wearing wolf fur with long silver hair that covered his left eyes.

     This man is Yewa Hafar. He is in New Zealand because it is near Pandemonium. The reason is none other than to observe Death Monarch.

     But then he saw the gigantic golden figure of Death Monarch, the power erupting out of him suppress the Heavens and pressured the Earth, the Will of the World cracked and bleeds as something pressure the World Orb.

     At that time Yewa Hafar already had a foreboding sense that something terrible is happening.

     It wasn't until that wheel appears in space and descended and then is grabbed by Death Monarch that Yewa Hafar finally accepted it.

     Yewa Hafar would not be mistaken. He knows that Wheel. The Wheel of Reincarnation belonging to Great Supremacy Azul of the Vast Universe.

     The moment that Wheel moves Yewa Hafar dropped down to the ground, his entire body is shaking and his every nerve is assaulted with mind breaking pain.

     It was like each and every strand of his blood vessel is being grinded slowly and leisurely with a grated knife.

     The pain was out of this world.

     The reason why Yewa Hafar recognizes the Wheel of Reincarnation is because he once met with Great Supremacy Azul when He came to meet his Master.

     Seeing that Wheel of Reincarnation on the Death Monarch hand is a shocking sight for him. It is another thing that is out of Yewa Hafar calculations.

     In his mind he remembered in the final battle that Azief did not use such thing against the Destroyer. If not he could probably delay the inevitable.

     But Azief is not Great Supremacy Azul. Just by possessing the Wheel does not make him Great Supremacy Azul.

     But if many more things stacked into Azief, more abilities and more power were given to him, then…..Yewa Hafar could foresee a different future.

     And a different future is bad for Yewa Hafar as he would not be able to fulfill the wish of his Master.

     In this world there are not many that could pressure his Master but Great Supremacy Azul is one of the few beings that could contend equally with His Master.

     There is also the fact that Great Supremacy Azul has Karma with his Master.

     This Wheel is a bane to all darkness and life banishing magic.

     It contains life, but it also contains death.

     It contains the Laws that govern Life and Death, contain the deeds that determine one life and one death, determine destiny and fate.

     This Wheel at its full power could change the fate of the Universe and write a new story.

     Unless the Supreme Being awakened and decided to interfere, nothing could stop that Wheel at its full power.

     But one already knows that the Supreme Being of All, The Only One Being, The Great Source, will never interfere for he is very hands off.

     Yewa Hafar on the other hand is having a pain of the soul. And such pain could not be described.

     Yewa Hafar comes to this world using a vessel.

     This vessel is perfect for him.

     But the calling from the Wheel forced that sleeping soul to awaken and now that other part of the soul is awaken it is trying to fight against him, to reclaim back his body.

     The fighting of the soul is torturous. And each battle is different for each person so there is no guide in fighting in a soul battle.

     As Yewa Hafar is suffering Azief is bearing the brunt of the pressure of the Wheel. If not for the fact that he had already lives six lives in the wheel, he would be assaulted by an even more powerful pressure.

     Even though his gigantic figures seem imposing and domineering, he himself knows his own body and his own limits.

     With seven Disks he does not fears contending with the Heavens. He might not be able to control the Will of the World but he could usurp it for a few minutes.

     But now adding the pressure of the Wheel of Reincarnation, his gigantic body constructed by his Will, he is now at the verge of breaking down.

     But he needs to wait until the wheel rotates and goes through the Six Path.

     Each of the six lives depicted in the wheel and the part of that lives must rotates perfectly. It must revolve one complete turn to absorb Yewa Hafar into the Wheel.

     Meanwhile, below him the pressure coming out from him and the accumulated pressure added from the descent of the Wheel created ripples that turned and underwater storm as it sweeps all sea monster and turns them into shredded meat.

     This in turn strengthened the Will of the World. The rest of the world might not have realized or might not have known it but it is different for him.

     Azief is standing alone in the highest mountain, standing on that mountaintop looking the farthest.

     He is on that lonely top and of course he knows something that other people don't. Because he sees what other people couldn't see from the bottom of the mountain.

     He knows some truth about the so called heavens and the Will of the World.

     Energy!

     Where does the energy that all of humanity absorb come from?

     Azief don't think he is the first person to ask this question but he is probably the one person closest to the answer.

     If EXP comes from monster death or generated from quest completion from the World Orb then where does it come from?

     The Will of the World, where does it come from?

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     321 RED HERRING 2

      In the beginning there is no such thing as the Will of the World even after the Fall happen.

     But then where does it come from and when?

     And why does it become stronger and stronger? Where does it get its energy?

     The World Orb not only cultivates humans making humanity stronger, but the World Orb is even cultivating and nurturing Earth the same way.

     Azief is not the only person that notices that even if some terrains were destroyed after a battle, it would heal in a few weeks.

     Trees would grow, grass would sprout and life would bloom. But Azief notices that is not the only thing that the Will of the World does.

     It even helps restrict anything that is harmful to it

     Azief has had this suspicion a long time ago when Weronian first invaded.

     The Weronian is a stronger race than humans. If Azief fought them on a Universe other than Earth he would lose and he would even die.

     But Weronians when they reached Earth was suppressed by the World Orb and even had to construct gigantic pillars to suppress the Will of the World.

     For each monster that died and give the EXP to levelers, some of them would return back to the origin.

     Born by the Earth and the energy of the World Orb, when a monster dies, instead of returning to the World Orb it will instead nurture a Will for the planet.

     Like a gardener sowing a seed and showering it with water.

     That Will grows and the Will of the World is born.

     Heaven and Earth changes and tribulation happens to bless the strong and to sieve out the weak.

      A world where the Law of the Jungle prevails.

     And Azief is the tiger that rules that jungle. He takes what he want and no one could tell him what he should or not do.

     He saw it of course. The deception of Heaven. The one that cultivated the Heavens Path is the levelers.

     So why should he follow that path?

     If he nurtured Heavens, why should he revere the Heavens?

     Have you ever seen a human grow a plant in their house and then worship it like it was a God?

     Those that did such act are crazy.

     So, he would defy it and supersede it. He would surpass it and take over it. If he had to bow down to such kind of Heaven, he would rather fight.

     If that is Heavens then he would spit on it. If that is Heavens, then even he himself could become the Heavens.

     That is why the Heavens would pressure him and it would pressure him without mercy. Azief Will is challenging the Will of the World.

     But the only reason Azief is challenging the Heavens is because his pride could not take it. How could he bow into a power he himself nurtured?

      Of course not all of the people think like this. Some people utilizes the Will of the World, take advantage of it, siphons, manipulate it and some even steal it.

     Each one has their own Grand Path. To say who is right and who is wrong….that could only be decided by themselves.

     In the end, they could only decide based on what they know about their Grand Path and their comprehension of the Universe and their own personal belief.

     This new world that arises after the Fall is not for those with weak conviction. This is not a world for sheep or people who are too gentle to live with wolves.

     They would not survive when facing people who would stare Death right at the face and said to Death "Fuck you"

     In that one moment Azief has been thinking all of this even as the pressure of that wheel is reverberating all inside his veins and bones.

     It was like his body is a golden bell and it is being hammered endlessly by a heavy hammer causing a vibrational shock all over his body

     His Disk is drained and regenerating back every second. But that process is taxing even for Azief body right now.

     The sky changed colors seven times and each time a different aura and energy comes out from the sky.

     The South Atlantic Ocean is in chaotic madness, waves rose up high like a twenty storied building rushing to all the four direction away from Azief gigantic figures.

     It brings about a great calamity wherever it passes

     It was like the sea is running away from Azief emanation of power, sinking island and destroying cities along the way.

     BOOM!

     The sound of the creaking from the movement of the Wheel is grating to the ears. As it grinds, it grind away Laws and purify it to it primordial form.

     The wheel appears to turn slowly but that is the illusion of the eyes.

     It is because it is too gigantic that one sees that the Wheel seems to turns slowly.

     One turn of the wheel and a heaven shaking pressure erupted out.

     OMMM! OMMM!

     It was like a hymn sounded, or a Gospel a melody of holiness and happiness coming from the sound of that creaking

     Azief knows where the Wheel stops even without looking. He recognize the aura

     The Blissful State trials.

     The moment that wheel turns to that image where it depicted the Blissful State trials, golden light encompassed the whole world.

     The sky trembles and rumbles and the clouds all looks like golden paradise.

     The light shows an image and this image spread out so that the whole world could see it. From north to south, from west to the east, golden light and images of bliss encompass it.

     One could see numerous realms in the blissful state trials, each one of those realms is full of pleasure.

     It is like heavenly realms of paradise

     But Azief knows best that this realm is the most hardest to extricate oneself from. It is pleasurable, full of happiness and one could enjoy all pleasures found in the Universe.

     But each pleasure leads to attachment.

     And the way it keeps you trapped is not like you think it is. For Azief, his life in the blissful state trials was normal. He had a great parent, loving and caring, and he had great friends.

     He had a crush on a girl. And there is frustration in his relationship but in the end it was a happy ending as he dated that girl.

     It was a great life. A normal great life. And that is why it was so hard to extricate himself from that trial.

     Because deep in his heart he wanted a normal happy life. He lived his whole life, not being loved. He lived his whole life, feeling he is never enough.

     So, that life in the Blissful State Trial….that was his paradise.

     Sometimes pleasure does not mean a sex filled fest.

     Sometimes it is a simple thing. The pleasure realms will create a world where it knows what your heart truly desires.

     It is not exactly the way you think it is. It will give you frustration but that is only because it will heighten the happiness when you get what you want.

      Azief life in that trials while there is some obstacles, it was those obstacles that made the life in there happy each time he overcome it.

     Happiness …too much happiness could bring one farther away from self-actualization.

     The moment it perfectly stopped turning, Sithulran which is bound in the bottom of the sea by the pressure coming from the Wheel trembled.

     Her eyes are full of pain and defiance.

     The pressure of the Wheel is locking on her and preventing her from getting up.

     She couldn't even teleport away as the Space around her is being destroyed inch by inch making trying to teleport a sordid affair.

     Not to mention that Space has already been sealed by that pressure and she couldn't even move.

     Slowly the pressure from the Wheel is taking something away from her. She is slowly losing her health.

     Sithulran vitality is all slowly being grinded away as she felt herself getting tired and weary, her skin wrinkled and become dry.

     She suddenly developed sickness from all of her internal organs, pus and boils sprouted all over her body like she become an incubator for millions of diseases.

     The image was not pretty as yellowish liquid comes out from her fingernails, and red bluish things come out from her nose.

     The Wheel has taken her health and with it comes sickness. It was like an omen of death, being sick that is

     Azief supplied more energy as his Aether Disk broke and the Wheel turns again. This time the deep sea rumbles before exploding all over the world.

     The entire seven seas of the world is trembling and quaking underneath as underwater volcanoes erupted from the bottom of the seas creating new island all over the world.

     The moment the Wheel turns again the golden light dissipated, the images of the blissful state realms also dissipated like a mirage.

     Azief uses his Disks energy to move the Wheel once again

     Then a world shaking pressure descended from the sky. Azief grunted in pain as his wrist crack because of the sudden pressure coming from the Wheel.

     The crack from his wrist created a shockwave that dissipated all the clouds around his wrist in a radius of one hundred kilometers

     'This is getting taxing. I need to end this fast' Azief thought to himself. This spell is powerful but it is also taxing to his body.

     The Six Path Reincarnation Spell is actually using all of his Six Path Finger to activate. It was like he merges all the Six Path fingers into a spell to summon the Wheel of Reincarnation.

      It was actually the Wheel of Reincarnation and Rebirth. But with Azief current strength he could only summon a partially complete Wheel which is the Wheel of Reincarnation.

     As the Wheel turned, another image appears all over the world.

     It was an image of monster-like races filling the skyscape of the world. It looked illusory but at the same time it also felt real.

     The Wheel moves again and this time it created a new phenomenon all over the world. The sky all over the world turns red and howling and screaming sounded from all directions.

     In some part of the world where it is sunny and is bright, suddenly darkness comes over that place and it reigns.

     A malevolent aura spread out all over the world covering the Heavens and the Sun, corrupting the Earth with dark emotions like jealousy, envy, insincerity among others

     Only those who have high levels are not that badly affected

     The Wheel stopped at the Struggling realm

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      As darkness descends all over the world the image of demon-like creatures and monster could be seen in that darkness.

     They are ugly, fierce looking and enormous. Their growling is sickening to gear and the smell coming out from them is the scent of human flesh.

     It is realm for one to struggle with hardship. Azief smiles even as he is bearing the pain.

     As the pain spreads all over his body, his Eternal Physique regenerates and restores back his injury.

     It appears like he is not hurt at all by that pressure but that is only because his Eternal Physique could keep up with the destruction being inflicted upon his body.

     The Struggling realm might seem easy because he only he needs to do one thing and that is an easy task.

     But Azief knows that is not the struggle one had to pass. He was lucky because his struggle is just fulfilling Azul regret.

     But for Sithulran which will be trapped in there, her struggle would probably her most painful moment.

     And she wouldn't even know it or have a memory about it. She will be in a cycle of endless regret and suffering until she gained enlightenment and gain liberation.

     Sithulran on the bottom of the sea surrounded by dead things could not even kill herself at this moment. Her entire movement is being restricted by some space sealing technique.

     It was like the moment that Wheel arrived, she could not move. Azief connected the Wheel to her by a simple thought the moment that wheel descended down.

     'ARGHHH"

     she yelled from the bottom of the sea, her screams created a rippling shockwave that agitates the seabed but she is powerless as she coughed up more blood because of her health.

     Her blood makes the water around her to turns into gas but she is still stuck on that seabed. This time not only because it is her crash landing but because of the pressure coming from Death Monarch.

     It was like that golden titanic figure that she couldn't even see his face is using his pressure to force her to remain in place.

     And when the Wheel turns, that scream sound even more painful. It was like every part of him is being sliced slowly by sharp animal bones.

     This time the Wheel once again takes something from Sithulran. Sithulran also notices this. By this time, all of her triangle shaped mark on her forehead is dim.

     She is truly powerless. But Azief still didn't kill her. Because he knew it was useless. How could he kill this woman knowing that she would only reform back stronger and better?

     He could only seal her in the Wheel of Reincarnation, hoping she would never gain enlightenment.

     He himself wanted to know whether Azul spell or the Creator few words that become her curse which one is stronger of the two?

     On the sky, that Wheel turns and with its movement it takes another part of Sithulran.

     Before, it takes Sithulran health. This time it takes her age. Orvanians could live for eons if they are not engaged in a war or being killed.

     They are a long lived race and have long lifespans

     They themselves are not a warmongering race and more content of researching things in the vast Universe with its many wonders and mystery.

     But now, eons of longevity is being absorbed by the wheel and one could see that Sithulran is more than just losing her health.

     She is losing her age too, looking like those old women that full of wrinkles and she is full the scent of death.

     All of her meridians and channels of power inside her and source of energy dried up, like she is an ancient being that predates time itself.

     But she still didn't die. Azief could not let her die.

     And that is not the purpose of the Wheel. It is to take things that make things alive, so that they could enter the endless cycle of beginning and end.

     ARGHH!

     Sithulran yelled once again, but this time her voice is hoarse and weak. And meanwhile Azief is also suffering the consequences.

     The moment that Wheel fully turned, his gigantic figure decreased by a hundred feet. Azief gritted his teeth and said to himself

     'This is not enough! Need a few more turn!' He said to himself as he pushed himself again as he used his Worldly Disk this time to move the Wheel to the next trial.

     His veins are all bulging and one could see that his golden image is wavering.

     BOOOM!

     BOOOM!

     The sky opens up many holes all over the world, and people all over the world could see the space above, and air and space around the Wheel is slowly being devoured by some invisible energy emanating out from the Wheel.

     With this determination by Azief the wheel turns once again. Azief knows he needs to end this today.

     This Sithulran while she herself is not powerful is full of tricks.

     Azief had no reason to delay dealing with her anymore.

     Maybe if he keep delaying in subduing her, Sithulran would become so strong that at that point even he could not beat her or keep her under control.

     This is after all an ancient being that have seen the Creator. It is thankful that she still could not remember everything about herself.

     Or that might spell disaster to the whole world.

     She needs to go. And she needs to go fast

     The moment Azief was determined to do that, he pushed his Worldly Disk to the brim supplying all of his energy to the Wheel to move it along.

     The force coming out of him is like his entire body is sucked out of energy but his All Source Disk is still supplying him with energy making him still able to stand tall

     CREAK!

     The Wheel slowly turns as the world stood still.

     All over the world people are looking at the sky.

     Some people have enlightenment in their eyes; some with pain in their eyes and some other are full of blank look.

     The moment the Wheel turns from the Struggling realm trial, the world was relieved of the darkness as a blinding white light encompassed the whole world.

     It was like an eraser, erasing all those sounds of howling of monsters and demons. A blank world of beginning, like an empty white canvass without a single speck of paint.

     It was like the world is reverting into a blank state. The Wheel stopped at the image of the Wheel that describes the Mortal Trial.

     A silence descends upon the whole world, like the world just began to be created. It was like all hate and resentment in the world was waved away, and all worldly affairs is forgotten

     With the wind and the breeze of the sea, it was like the whole world was bathed by a purifying light of the beginning primordial source.

     This time Azief entire body shrink a thousand feet and his wrist break as he almost accidentally slip holding that Wheel.

     CRACK!

     The sound of his arm breaking created a soundwave that dissipated the space around his wrist.

     But Azief only smiles. He tries to ignore the pain so he smiles. Then he opens his mouth, a gigantic mouth that seems to be able to fit a small mountain into it.

     And he roars

     ROAR!

     Azief roars and his roars shakes the whole world, the wind cracked down and created weather storms all over the skies, the lightning and thunders were pushed away by his roar, the seabed exploded in all of Seven Seas and large earthquakes topples down buildings and cities all over the world.

     Large eruption surges up from the exploding seabed and with such explosion it ingurgitates dead monster from the bottom of the sea.

     Walls of segmented water erupted out and changing the sea appearance as ships that sails the Seven Sea was greeted by an unbelievable sight.

     It was like the sea water is a block of water assembled by some six year old kid as the whole sea water rises up like block

     The entire world was shaking and trembling, crumbling and cracking.

     With that roar his entire body is sweating but he still managed to hold on to that Wheel.

     This time Azief almost invincible body and reputedly have no match on Earth and even in many planets in the Universe is actually broken.

     This damage is not inflicted by some physical attack or some physical weight. It is the weight of millions of Laws embedded in the Wheels itself and the many worlds in that Wheel.

     A world of trials and sufferings. A world of true and false, of reality and illusions and a world where it is full of trials.

     A thousand and a thousand more such worlds in that Wheel

     It is the trials where it is easiest for one to gain enlightenment. This time Azief bones in his hand are cracking and the crack reaches all the way to his arm.

     Sithulran in the seabed look like she is not breathing and dying already but the Wheel of Reincarnation would never let her die.

     There is a trace of life force being supplied to her by the Wheel.

     This time the Wheel took her memory. She only grunted before her eyes turns blank and innocent.

     She is looking at the sea around her without knowing who she is or what she is or what she is doing there.

     She has no memory like she is a newborn baby just being born a second ago. She seems to be babbling incoherently.

     But this is far from over. Azief need to turns the Wheel in one complete turn for these changes to be completed.

     If not Sithulran would revert to the way she is before the Wheel comes down but he would still retains all the damages done by summoning the Wheel.

     Well, no pain, no gain

     Azief look on as he saw her memory enters the Mortal trials image and Sithulran body is becoming translucent.

     'Oh' he thought to himself.

     Azief recognize this form as his eyes narrowed. It was like the translucent form of Meihul before she was revived.

     It was then Azief Worldly Disk crack into a hundred lines before breaking.

     'ARGH"

     Azief grunted and winced in pain, his feet moved in the seabed and great dust from the seabed clouded all over the entire South Atlantic Ocean.

     Inside Azief Inner World, it is in chaos, his entire Inner World is at the verge of collapsing. Azief felt his entire body being assaulted by a pain he was never accustomed to.

     It was like all the energy in his boy is running amuck.

     To put it in his perspective, it was like a thousand dragon flying all over his blood capillaries and breathing fire and ice, poisons and acids.

     He felt his body felt cold at one moment, hot in one moment, and then feeling like his entire body is being stabbed inwardly at one moment and then feeling like his internal organs melting at other times.

     And sometime, he felt it all of that pain at the same time.

     But he did not show anything on his face.

     His titanic golden figure is the representation of his will so even that titanic golden figure sweats.

     The sweats on his body falls off creating a huge explosion and changing the waves direction on the sea each time it falls down from Azief forehead.

     'A few more' he thought to himself. He felt his entire body is pulsing with pain, his vein screams like it was a taut spring that is about to break.

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     Actually you all should pay attention to this whole chapter. Why I said this? let just say, it is one of my big picture. When Azief first got the Six Extermination Saber, which one of you thought that it would lead Azief to meet Azul,an ancient powerful being.

     It was hinted even back then. At that time who would have thought that the Six Sabers represent the Six Path of Reincarnation.

     if you read back on that chapter and compare the tribulations of the trials and the ability of the sabers when it was being used by Azief I think you would see some hint.

     Why was it important that Loki help Azief in that moment? I am drawing a big picture here, so if you missed a character, missed a sentence, then you are missing a clue of how this story would end.

     We are far from the endgame but we are inching closer to it now. And the hint is already being put all over the chapters.

     There is Milos that character that always seems to pop up but never that important.

     Will it remain that way? nobody thought that Giselle would also play the main character in one of the Arcs but she did.

     Anyway, please do try to divine the hint.my fellow readers. I like to hear your speculations but I doubt my ending would change even after reading your speculations. There is actually two endings for Lord Shadow. And I am still undecided on using which one.

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     323 RED HERRING 4

      This is the first time Azief had ever had such injury on Earth other than when he was almost assassinated.

     So what did he do?

     He gritted his teeth and endures the pain.

     He used his Celestial Disk and the white light that covered the world just a moment ago dissipated slowly like a cloud being pushed by a great gust of wind.

     A holy aura envelops the Wheels, as the souls that float around that wheel feed on that energy.

     CREAK!

     The wheel slowly turns like a slow rotating wheel, and with each small micro movement, Laws are grinded and rebirthed in that Wheel, emanated out and absorbed inside.

     DANG!

     DANG!

     BOOM!

     It was like the moment that wheel began to move the whole world seems to be filled with the sound of a thunderous footsteps.

     Then a roar sounded out that crack the Space above the World. The space beyond Earth even slightly distorted

     ROAR!!!

     With the roar, comes a purple reddish aura.

     The world was covered by a purple red color as the images of countless animal appears on the sky roaring to the Heavens, to the Earth, to everything in between, looking like they were some mindless beast bereft of all reason and intelligence.

     Looking at the images of the beast would make one have shivers all overs.

     All of the beasts that appear in the image in the sky is so colossal that they covered the sky and blotted out the sun and the moon.

     Some of them have narrow webbed wings upon its back, while others have large, bulbous pulsating sac and numerous writhing tentacles like some cosmic horrors so hideous to be seen

     And that is not even their full size since even the images did not show the entirety of that monsters appearance.

     Some was as small as normal human while some have the same size as a large continent. Seeing them could drive a person to madness for those of weak hearts and weak minds.

     Azief knows this trial. And he even knows some of those monsters that projected itself on the sky of Earth.

     It is the legions of the Demon Race that invaded his world when he was a Holy Dragon in one of Azul lives.

     This is without a doubt the Lower Form Trials.

     This is one of the hard trials in the Six Path because one had to start in this trial as a mindless beast.

     And it is hard to get enlighten when you have no coherent mind and depend on instinct.

     Sithulran at this time look more helpless than ever but she is still babbling under the sea speaking like a baby not knowing what is about to happen to her.

     She is hideous to look at with glutinous pus coming out from the pus on her wrinkly and dry face and the worms that come out from her flesh because of the nature of the diseases that overtaken her body the moment her health was taken.

     But when the Wheel turns it takes another part of Sithulran with it.

     This time it takes her consciousness and she became even more translucent as she closes her eyes and seems to drift into sleep.

     The pressure suddenly doubled upon Azief

     'ARGH!'

     Azief screamed in pain as his entire arm is broken, his shout broke apart the sound waves and created explosion in the sky like an air cannon exploded.

     This time Azief put the Wheel on his back like the Titan Atlas who is condemned to hold up the celestial heavens.

     His back felt all the pain and both of his hand wounded by the weight of the Laws as both of his arms is now broke.

     Golden blood drips down from the tips of his fingernails. With each drop of his golden blood, his body shrinks more and more.

     But he is still holding up the Wheel of Reincarnation.

     Azief could not let it fall.

     If that Wheel fall not only his effort would be fruitless, it would also bring about a great destruction all over Earth.

     The weight of this Wheel is not something that could be understood by thinking or measuring it with some weight measuring device.

     It is because it is composed of myriads Laws in the Universe. Even he himself don't know what would happen if the Wheel falls down to Earth.

     But Azief could bet it is nothing good.

     It is why he morphed himself to the Willform. Because he knows his body is unable to lift it. It is not a matter of physical prowess. It is about mastery of Laws.

     If he is a Divine Comprehension leveler then maybe it will not be that hard.

     While Azief is bearing the weight of that Wheel, the whole world is still entranced.

     Other than Katarina, Jean, Raymond, Hikigaya, Loki, and Oreki, most of the people are affected the moment they look upon the sky.

     Even Sofia who was looking at the sky of Pandemonium could see that Wheel, hundreds and thousands of miles away from the site of the battle

     Of course this does not count people who are in captivity deep beneath the Earth or those who lives so deep beneath the Earth that the sun doesn't shine upon them.

     But even so they felt the trembling of the world and the shaking of the Heavens. Why was the Earth tremble?

     It is because it is afraid.

     Why does the Heaven shaking?

     Because it is wrathful. But it is unable to fight over with that Wheel unless the World Orb personally reveals itself.

     Energy went rampant and in chaos as the Laws around the Wheel distorts energy of the World, throwing it into chaos, sowing and reaping Laws like it is nobody business.

     The fact Azief could even reach this point, turning the Wheel to this point is already quite remarkable.

     Azul passed his legacy to one crazy son of a bitch.

     Usually one would make sure they could move the wheel before summoning it because the backlash is not something to scoff at.

      There is nobody that crazy to not even ascertain that matter before summoning it. Well, now there is one

     Azief on the other hand while feeling all this pain does not regret even one moment summoning the Wheel.

     Even wincing with pain, even with all the pressure on his back, blood dripping from his cracking fingernails, he still smiles defiantly.

     It was like he is asking "Is this all you got?"

     This is how he always surpassed his limit. By taking risk and overcoming it, by dancing at the edge of life and death.

     By surpassing his limits every time….that is how he became the invincible Death Monarch. The pain he felt forged his way forward, taught him like no any other teacher could teach him.

     'Two more turns!' He shouted as he laughs even amidst the pain as he lifts the wheel a bit from his back.

     The seabed where he is standing from depressed two more inches creating a stormy seas and partitioned sea waves that drop a wall of solid block of water at different interval which only added to the chaos of the sea waves.

     Azief channel all the energy from his Universal Disk to the Wheel

     The entire energy flow of the world changed direction as the stars and moon in space seems to be responding to Azief call as he absorbed the energy outside from Earth.

     For one who could see energy flow they could see a colossal storms of energy rushing through Earth from the stars, moons, the sun and the dead planet all absorbed into Azief body without restrain.

     It powered the Universal Disk and in turn powered the Wheel of Reincarnation.

     BOOOM!

     The Wheel slowly turned and the images of the terrifying creatures and monsters dissipated like a wave of smoke.

     Instead it was like the whole world return to normal again. But there is nothing normal about it. All the people in the blank state all were assaulted with an image of their fondest desires in their minds.

     The Wheel stopped at the image of the Desire trial. It is a trial based on strong possessiveness and desire

     The Wheel once again took something from her and once again that pressure fall down on Azief body and his entire back felt the weight.

     And so, Sithulran which is now look like an unliving creatures turns empty, in mind and thoughts

     She became nothingness as her body slowly seems to merge with the Wheel. But it is not complete

     'One more turn;' he said to himself, his body is looking like it will give out any moment now, but he kept holding on onto that Wheel

     Then Azief felt it.

     Slowly his Universal Disk crack and then like a glass cup falling down from a table, it broke and Azief felt another wave of attack this time. It felt like he was clawed from inside out.

     It felt like all of his flesh being ripped apart again and again.

     'TURN!' Azief shouted like he was shouting at the Heavens and the laws that make up this whole world.

     By sheer force of his energy, the moment he shouted that the Wheel slowly turns once again.

     There is only one trial left.

     There is only one path left out of the Six Paths.

     'HELL' Azief shouted again and this time an unstoppable dark pressure descend down upon Earth that there were many people who were rendered unconscious all over the world.

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      The world suddenly experience coldness in one part of the world and heating in other part of the world, the moment that energy descend down

     The weird thing is, there are no babies that were affected by the pressure, or the cold and the heat.

     The wind blows and all people could feel the shiver coming on from the cold wind, like a thousand winters was packed in that one gust of wind.

     The Sea burst in blister-like explosions creating a popping sound as some part of the ocean is frozen off.

     At least that is what happens in some of the ocean in the world.

     On other part of the world, the sea was boiling, and with it many of the sea monsters and sea creatures below all were being boiled alive

     One could also hear sound of regretful lamentation and the sound of chattering teeth could be heard coming from all direction of Heaven and Earth.

     Black flames erupted from small holes in the surface of the Earth as it soon devours it and take away any monster around it.

     Screams was shouted from some unidentified location that brings with it a hot air that could melt a mountain of steel.

     'BE PUNISHED!' Azief shouted, his voice echoing all over the world, reverberating across the soundwave

     This is a trial where one is punished for one own deed.

     This is where all of her thoughts and memories will be purified before she is sent into one of the Six Path, to repeat the endless cycle of reincarnation and rebirths until she could liberate herself from the attachment she had.

     There is no perfect prison than this for such an obsessive person.

     Just before Azief smirk, his Ancient Rune Disk broke without warning and all of the rune protection that he tattooed under his skin dimmed

     The pain assaulted him more

     Azief height decreased until he is now just fifteen feet in height. He looks small like an ant compared to the unchanging size of the Wheel of Reincarnation.

     But he is still holding such a gigantic wheel on his back.

     That wheel that contain the power of life and death, of creation and destruction, of Time and Karma, of reality and dreams of reality now look like a burden that needs to be carried.

     The Wheel then absorbs Sithulran into the Hell trial.

     The world shaking momentum coming out from Azief is no longer present and he looks pitifully small compared to the Wheel but his eyes .... his eyes is still full of determination.

     It was like he is always and always will be unstoppable. He no longer had that demonic form, looking like the normal appearance of Death Monarch.

     His eyes are no longer red and black. He looks up and he saw the countless souls who blanked out for a moment.

     The souls that were circling the wheels is no longer flying and floating around it. Instead they all entered the Wheel.

     Some of the souls go to the Blissful state trial, some go to the Lower Form trials and some go to the Mortal Form Trials.

     They all go to their respective Paths.

     Then that Wheel stops. A one full turns of the Wheel. And now it has stopped moving, stationary like before.

     Azief smiles even through all the pain. He has one last Disk. One last hand to play. The All Source Disk. In his body all of his Disks have been broken except the All Source Disk.

     The pain only he knows. It could not be described and his Inner World is at the verge of breaking down.

     But, now he needs to unsummon back the Wheel. And that takes one last push

     He takes a deep breath and he could feel his lung and his rib are all broken and experiencing pain. Even his throat is hoarse and full of pain right now.

     Blood filling his lungs and energy are rampaging inside him

     But he pays no heed to the pain. He use one of his hand to hold up the Wheel and all of his bones is cracking as he shrink even more and return to his original height.

     The golden light and the golden gigantic figure is no longer in the sky, his Willform has dissipated into motes of golden bluish light.

     In the sky there is only that lone figure. It is only him, holding that gigantic Wheel like it is the burden of the world

     'I need to endure this. Not long now' Azief only smirk at the face of adversity.

     Then Azief took the Wheel with his right hand, the weight was like he was holding the Heavens as a world shaking momentum emanated from the Wheel.

     'ARGHHH '

     He screams as he hold out his palm pushing his energy to the brim as the Wheel slowly floats on top of his palm but the pressure on Azief body and energy could not be described.

     One could hear the crisp cracking of Azief bones. Cracking and crumbling down under the pressure.

     The entire energy in his body is drained like a reservoir that has no water and all of that energy is focused into his palm.

     'HYARGH!' he shouted with all of his energy as the Heaven change colors and the winds give way to him

     Then from his palm came a powerful suction energy that drained the energy of the World, like a ravenous starving wolf.

     All the energy of the World that the Will of the World used to heal itself is being absorbed by that palm hungry vortex.

     Storms of black vortex materialize around Azief sucking all the energy and giving a pressure to Azief palm.

      Azief hand right now is bursting with rainbow colored bursting veins as energy keep pouring in and channel out to maintain the Wheel position.

     Once again, the sky is covered by dark clouds and thunder and lightning as heaven shaking rumble and ear deafening sound covered the whole world as the oceans once again raged on.

     All the seven oceans of the world this time heed the call. It rages on and the world wasn't ready for it.

     Many people couldn't believe their own eyes when they saw hundred feet wall of water are attacking the shore of their country.

     However this time it is not Azief Will or his thunder that causes such phenomenon. Azief eyes narrowed as he had a premonition of danger.

     'The heavens' Azief said in disdain.

     This time it is the thunder of the Heavens and the entire world heed its call as it is about to punish the most offensive offender to the heavens.

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     Now ...do you all understand the reason why I named the title Red Herring. This is far from over. No, this is just the beginning of this chapter. The next chapter is actually the continuation of this chapter but I cut it because of the length.

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     325 HEAVEN WRATH 1

      SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

     Thunder converges, the wind was sharp as blade, and lightning covered the sky and blotted the sun and moon.

     Rain falls down on many parts of the world as it heralded storms.

     The wind turned hostile, thunderstorm and raging tornadoes swept the seas and coming to the South Atlantic Ocean, ravaging and destroying cities and village along the way

     'Che' Azief spitted out a golden bloody lump of blood from his mouth. He felt his lung feeling a little bit more relaxed after he spit that lump out of his body.

     He is breathing hard and tiredness could be seen on all parts of his body. It was like his body has been pushed to the brim.

     Many of his veins have burst out and many parts of his body are bleeding internally and externally.

     Azief right now is very vulnerable. This is the first time his body felt so much pain and had so much damage accumulated.

     It is not even inflicted by Sithulran. Instead most of it was inflicted by the Wheel. But Azief have no other faster way to stop Sithulran.

     In a way Sithulran is actually his responsibility. When he summons that finger from the Darkness, Sithulran manages to escape out.

     It is time for him to fix that mistake.

     He focused his energy on that palm and the buzzing on his palm grew louder and louder, that it drowned the sound of the tornadoes and thunder

     His palm also emanated out an aura that called for the Destruction of the World.

     The space around him distorted, before dissembling like a building block that slowly crumbles. The space around him also slowly was being ripped apart on the edges of its space.