Lord Shadow

At the same time, tens of thousands of miles from her, there is a forest that had been created because of the expansion of the world

Tall trees that almost reaches the clouds fills the area. On its sky, there are now flying creatures that flew up into the air, looking hesitant. 

Some of them seems to be trying to sense whether the storms had abated. 

When they sense it had truly abated, these flying creatures finally take their step forward and fly around the area.

Inside that forest, there is a large white house. 

The house had some wooden parts and some of them is made of stone. The area had a pool and a river not far away from the house. 

This house is quite secluded from the cities and the villages nearby. Even before the expansion of the world, this white house had always been far away from the cities.

Now the world had expanded, it was even more so. Like a house in a middle of an empty world. It is a two story house. It is large and the design is very sophisticated.

Fusing traditional looking and modern sensibilities into the house. 

What is bizarre about this house and the area it inhabits was the fact that there are all kinds of protection formation around it.

There are energy mines that would be able to destroy an entire battalion of a Seed Forming officers and enough firepower that could blast away a Disk Formation leveler far away and might even kill them.

But because of the world expansion, all the formation around the area of the house was destroyed. 

Most of them were powered by the ley liens of energy mines all over Pandemonium

The ley lines that have been crafted by all the researches in the Research Department and the Department of Secrecy does have the ability to stretched when there is changes in the terrain and the surrounding geography. 

But it did not take into account such huge changes like that of a Multiversal Convergence level of change.

Inside the house there is a person looking around on the first floor, flinging the debris. From the second floor, there is the sound of a song.

♪That’s life♪

♪ That’s what all the people say♪

♪ You’re riding high in April♪

♪ Shot down in May♪

♪ But I know I’m gonna change that tune♪

♪ When I’m back on top♪

♪ Back on top in June♪

The song fills the house. Every once in a while the sound of the wind would drown the song. 

On the first floor picking up debris is a rotund middle age man. His white hair is neatly tied and there is some green blood on his shirt.

On the cracked marble tile, there is signs of a great battle. Blood is everywhere

Outside the house is hundreds of Seresian demon corpses. Inside the house is Otherworlders human corpses

This middle age man could only sigh. He was relieved that at least he manages to protect this house from the Seresian demon and the forces of the Otherworlders

Today, was like any other day. 

He was reading some news on his lazy chair overlooking the river. The wind was breezy and the sound of the creatures in the forest seems to calm him down.

He opens up a song using a computer with magical runes that is created by the Golden Syndicate and was enjoying his day. 

Then disaster struck when he least expects it. Demons flying out from portals and she was not here.

His battle prowess is not something he is good at. At least not like her.

Contact with the Shadow Guard was cut off. Lands suddenly stretched out. Small plants grew to the size of titanic level.

Humans from another universe appears with high tech suit armor and guns that shoots energy blast

He jumps down to the first floor, went to his secret room and brought out the big guns. There are all kinds of weapon that was given to him by the Shadow Guards to protect himself 

There is even some new prototype of weapons that is being developed by Pandemonium. 

He had enough time because the moment he saw countless of portals suddenly appearing in the sky, he activated the runic inscription that is etched in every part of the house.

It also affects the array protection formation around the house. 

The initial blast did not even leave a scratch on his house but when he saw how the land quakes and cave in, stretched and quaking as he saw like the world itself is moving like it has a mind of its own, he knew he could not rely on the protection formation for long.

And he was right. 

The moment that the house was far away enough for the ley lines to stretch to the point of breaking, the array formation was depowered.

And a small army attack his house. They might have wanted to capture him but there is something in this house that he must protect with his life.

He could not let himself be captured. And he did not want that woman to be captured too. 

Of course, if the situation is desperate he would not hesitate to ask for her help. Since the thing that he is protecting is also something that woman would lay her life down for

Looking at the enemy he was confident that he could handle it so he sends a message to her to focus on what she is doing and do not have to worry about hymn. 

If the situation reach to a point that he could not protect that precious treasure, he would surely call her.

Half an hour later, he is now picking up the debris of his house. Fortunately, the entire house did not collapse. 

The material is sturdy after all inscribed with some hardening array formation. But, right now he is tired. He almost exhausted all of his Disk.

The reason that he could fight a small army and won is because of his ability to see their weak points. 

He is a Disk Formation leveler but he had just broken through that level a week ago.

And his attack is not destructive since his path is not really the same as everyone else. He could only sigh as he picked up a few stone boulders and threw it outside.

‘These demons…they really do act like primitive creatures. Hurling boulders like a human in the Stone Age’

Now, as the disaster has passed, he is cleaning up his house. This middle age man is none other than the Broker.

He is in one of the safe house provided to him by the Shadow Guards. 

He had been concealed from the world for six years. 

People would be surprised if they know that the Broker, one of the central figure in founding the Crime Alliance who were created to fight against Pandemonium is resting under the shelter of Pandemonium, the very same organization the Crime Alliance hated the most.

The song of Frank Sinatra, That’s life is still echoing all over the two story house. It ended and it replayed back

As the Broker remove one of the house beam out of the way, suddenly the song stops. Then he heard the sound of the air popping and someone appeared in the second floor

That someone then jump toward the first floor from the railing of the veranda on the second flood and landed just a few feet from Broker

He looks at that person and shakes his head

‘I told you I could handle it’ he said

In front of the Broker right now is a woman of 5’6 tall, with long blonde hair and azure blue eyes.

She also wears a mask. This woman is none other than the Laughing Demoness Riana. Just before she got the message from Sasha, she was at Nowhere Land.

That place had quite the homing capabilities. Since it is not really part of the world it was not affected by the expansion.

And there is even a stable teleportation private channel for the Three Demoness to come and go as they please toward the Nowhere Land.

When she heard what Sasha told him about Loki is about to kill the Broker, she fears that Loki would discover something that she had hidden from him

She had created a teleportation channel that is similar to the one in the Nowhere Land in the house. this channel was not discovered by the operatives of the Shadow Guards

But at that time, she could have told Sasha how to quickly arrive to the safe house. She didn’t. Because this is Loki she is talking about.

She believes that there is another way. She understood her teacher more than Sasha understand him.

Loki to her is more than just a teacher, he is her father. He treated her like his daughter. And she was the one he adored the most.

Riana tap the forehead of her mask and her mask float away from her face and compressed itself to a triangle small cube that flew toward the bracelet on her right wrist.

Riana had grown to be a beautiful woman. Her face is flawless and even the coldness of her face gives her this feeling of dignity and charisma without ever diminishing the certain childishness trait of her face.

She had grown into a mature adult. She looks at the Broker and said

‘Nate. Loki is coming’ Hearing this the Broker frowned. It is not the fact that his name is spoken out loud that made him frown.

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