Lord Shadow

‘Che’ she gritted her teeth and then she kicks the air behind her, and dashing forward in the sky, leaving a trail of spiraling wind, beneath her feet, surpassing the speed of sound, she once again come toward the vicinity of the battle.

All of this took one second to happen. 

half a second she was pushed a thousand kilometers away, and another half second, she arrives back near the battle site.

But the moment she arrives back at the battle site, she could only frown and she cursed in her heart

‘Fuck, I am too late’ she thought to herself. 

The reason is simple. It is because she saw the sword silhouette forming in the sky, the accumulation of a very sharp sword intent gathering together.

The sword intent pressure is so powerful that it manifested solid form. And that solid form in heading toward the Broker

She knew at that moment she would not be able to save the Broker. She had done her best

The power coming out from the sword resembled the most violent and domineering monster which broke free of its cage and descend upon the Broker, its sole purpose is to decimate and destroy him

Sasha frowned. 

‘Sword intent that is as powerful as Death Monarch’ 

‘Loki had been holding back a lot these past few years’ she thought to herself. 

It is not as domineering as Death Monarch sword will but….one thing that Loki sword seems to surpass Death Monarch, was its sharpness.

It was so sharp that it seems that it cut off the energy all around the Broker. Like a void zone where energy could not cross. It cut space, time, elements, these intangible things.

That is how sharp the sword is. But because Loki is not yet a Divine Comprehension leveler, this effect of his cut is merely temporary

But this method alone would make him quite invincible among Disk Formation levelers. 

At the same time, as the sword is coming down toward the Broker, in that moment that is less than a second, the sword shape suddenly condenses and become a streak of radiant light.

Even though, it appears like some kind of straight thin streak of light that is heading towards the Broker, Sasha could sense the dense killing intent contained in it. 

And then she could see was how the sword light descend down on the Broker

There was nothing she could do. She could only watch. By now, it is already too late. She is looking at this scene

The scene of the execution of the Broker could be seen by her is because is making her thought process faster to view all of it without missing one bit

That is why the sword light seems slow in her perception. 

And the reality is if she nullifies her thought process to the normal speed right now, she would not even be able to see this strike because of how swift it is. 

The True time did not change. She could only trick her perception.

She would not make it to him before that sword strikes him. That is her conclusion. But there is another way.

But it is a path she would not choose. The only other way to stop that sword is if she went in front of that sword and accept the brunt of that attack

But then she would be severely injured and the end result would still not change. The Broker would still die.

So, that choice is not a choice at all. So, she stays still and watch. It might appear like she is heartless.

But, the truth is always heartless. 

The Broker is not someone that Sasha would sacrifice herself for. She did not hesitate to give her best for him. 

But that is out of the feeling of comradeship.

And part of why she wanted to stop Loki is because she knows that by doing this Loki had no way to turn back. 

As much as she wanted to save Broker, part of the reason she wanted to save him is to save Loki.

She did not close her eyes and she did not even blink. 

She watches this execution because she believes this is her punishment. And the last respect she could have given the Broker

Her feeling itself is full of complicated emotions. But most of all, she felt helpless. Powerless. Rarely she had felt such way.

The only other person that could make her feel this way is Death Monarch. 

The sword seems to slowly come down.

The pressure of the sword attack affects the world

The sky around a thousand kilometers radius from the battle, lost its colors. 

It was like all colors, all elements, and all energies around this thousand kilometers radius was sucked into that sword intent.

And the sword connected. Sasha look as the Broker is cut by that sword will. There is no scream or expression of pain. 

Maybe, this is Loki way of showing some mercy. From the beginning of the battle between her and him, the Broker seems to be unconscious.

Now, even as he is dying, there is no expression of pain. 

Only the sound of something being cut. The blood did not spurt out from the wound. Only a streak of light that passes the broker body and then before any blood could drop, the Broker body slowly being disintegrated.

Like dust. And the wind that accompanied that sword will scatter these dust to the sky. The Broker is destroyed into nothingness

There is no sign of him ever existing. The kill is very clean and neat. 

Sasha close her eyes at this moment, her forehead seems to frown, feeling frustrated and all other kinds of emotion. 

Sasha nullify the effect on her mind. And everything moves according to true time again in her perception.

With her limited range of Divine Sense, she could see what is the effect of that sword attack to the surrounding area

The force of that sword had flattened all forest in the ten thousand kilometers radius.

The entire land was scarred with deep gashes of sword marks. 

There is deep abyss that leads to nowhere. Rivers path was diverted.

Some of the land was depressed while some of them were cut creating an uneven land geography with some of them losing a lot of area while some of them have large amount of soil piled up on top of one another, creating a hill-like structure

And the energy around the area was all in disarray, making it even harder for her to use her Divine Sense as it tangles with this energy that is all in chaos. 

The shockwave seems to be endless as it moves like waves after waves around the area.

If this was before, the shockwave would probably travel the world a few time before finally calming down

But the world is now too big that even this force did not even reach half of Pandemonium. Only around the thousand kilometers radius. 

Sasha retracts her Divine Sense and opens her eyes. 

‘The Broker is dead’ she mutters to herself as she shakes her head.

Sasha sighed. She felt regretful. Loki landed back on the ground, the sword on his hand dissipated into motes of green light.

His energy is also drained a bit after executing such powerful sword intent.

Sasha also become calm. She could not stop Loki. So, the fight ended. In the end, this fight, she had lost.

But she did not go away. After all, they were not enemies. They just have different objectives and aims.

Now, that aim had been put out of the way, Sasha no longer have any reason to fight Loki. And vice versa.

Sasha fly toward Loki and then she too also landed on the ground. They were not too far away from each other, but they were not that close with each other either.

But to them, this distance is quite close. If they wanted to, just by moving with their body, they could cover this distance in less than a second.

Loki smiles towards her and then he said

‘Now, I can answer that question.’ Loki said

Sasha frowned and ask him

‘What question?’ Smiling, Loki answered

‘the reason why I waited for you’ Looking at the sky, Loki said

‘This is why I wait for you, Sasha. I wanted you to witness it. You are the witness’

He smiles and then continue 

‘Since you have seen it, even if someone wanted to prove my innocence, when they saw this, they have no choice but to believe that I am not innocent. You are my proof’ 

‘I would not be surprised if someone would be able to extract your memories out from you and peruse it to confirm what happens today. Guard it very well. Or better yet, erase some of the memories that specifically talk about what we are planning. The possibility is low that anyone could kidnap the leader of the Shadow Guards when she is in Pandemonium, but I always exercise caution and vigilance’

There is silence between them after Loki said those words. Instantly some of Loki action make sense to her

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