Lord Shadow

Chapter 1299 Road of Time

It held off the force of the shockwave for a second before breaking and the shockwave pushes through. It might only be a second but that one second is enough to neutralize a lot of the force 

Azief and Katarina only were forced a few feet backward instead of being pushed away from the road.

But that is not the only thing that had happened. For such a powerful shockwave that rolls away the tides of time, it also affected the road

This road that Azief and Katarina walk on could even stand the turbulence of Time and Space yet under the pressure of this shockwave, the road began to trembled like there is an earthquake. 

In Azief eyes, the marble road slowly cracked and break apart. In Katarina eyes, the snow on the road is blown away by the wind. 

The road appearance differs according to one understanding of the rules of Time and Space. 

But as it is breaking off, both Azief and Katarina could see the true appearance of the road. At least, they believed it to be the true appearance of the road

They see strings bundled together. This string is illusory and each string seems to stretch to infinity. 

Just looking at it, pulls their consciousness into one of the string. 

’Cut it off!’ Azief shouted toward Katarina and Katarina who heard it suddenly shook her head. 

She then looks at the strings with great trepidation. 

’Thank you. That was dangerous’ she mutters. Azief just nodded and avert his gaze from looking at the true appearance of the road. 

Azief when he looks at that string was pulled into the string. That string seems to connect living beings to Karma, and Time, and Destiny and Fate.

In one particular string, Azief was pulled into a life of some farmer in some medieval era in some other galaxy.

In that one moment, it was like he was an observer of this person life from the beginning of this farmer life to its end.

Nothing was a secret. 

He knows the future of that farmer like the back of his hand. 

And in that moment, Azief snapped himself out of it. 

This string had the power to pull his Divine Consciousness into it. 

No wonder the road looks different to everyone. 

If they see the true face of this road, then they might have been stuck inside the Time tunnel, not being able to avert their gazes from these strings that connected people to the Grand Path.

And when he snapped out of it, he realizes that Katarina is also being taken by the strings and he shouted

When he shouts, he imbues his Divine Sense into it, shocking Katarina soul with it. Fortunately, Katarina did not go deep. 

Katarina on the other hand close her eyes for a second and when she opens it, there seems to be an image of a snowflake in her pupils.

Azief knows that Katarina is using an Illusion Art to mask the true appearance of the road in her vision. 

All the while, the shockwave causes the road breaking off even more. The road had two points and these two points could also be called point of exit.

In other word, in this Time and Space tunnel that the Orvanians had crafted and created for them to use, there is only two portals. 

Two portals, two exit point. The first one is the portal where they come from which is connected to the Seresian world.

And the other one is the portal leading toward Earth Prime. 

The initial point is the Seresian world. That entrance is still there. And Azief could see it even though the distance seems to be endless of light years away

Azief believe that the reason why he could still see it even across such distance is because the weird nature of the Time Space tunnel

Inside it, normal Laws did not operate normally. It might also be like a mirage thus even though the distance seems far, he could still see the portal leading back to the Seresian world. 

But that portal is no longer there. Azief did not see how it disappeared but he could guess how. 

The shockwave. That is the only answer. Because he could see that there is a spiraling force in what used to be the area where the portals are.

Azief believes that when the sword collided with the breath that covers the portal to his Earth, the shockwave spreads all over the Time Space tunnel and affected the Seresian portal. 

And the road connecting the two points had also been cut off.

Azief could see that the strings around the Seresian portal had been cut off. 

’Should I be proud?’ he thought to himself. After all, the reason the string was cut, the reason the road fell apart was the result of his sword light.

And that is only the shockwave. If it’s the real thing, the entire road might have been pulverized

’This is not the time’ he mutters to himself. The road is breaking off and the strings become tauter and some could not endure the pressure and breaks off. 

the road connecting the initial point and the end point is breaking off. And the initial point portal exploded into motes of light.

Now, inside this Time Space tunnel, there is only one portal and that portal is in front of them. Azief had taken all the situations around him in less than a second. 

And he immediately knows he has only one way now. 

Azief grasp Katarina hand and she did the same. Right now, they could only put their hopes in that sword attack

Even though the sword had cut the shrouding that covers the portal, the dust has not yet settled. 

The Time distortions causes the space to distort and bends and it is hard to see what is happening near the portal right now. 

If they failed, then they might be pushed away to some other time and dimension. Because he knows that his future-self would not just let him stand here all day

But this time, Azief would not want to be separated from Katarina. 

Whether he would be thrown off to some other time and worlds, he would go there together. And if they were to die, then they would die together.

Azief might be indecisive when it is about choosing who he loves. But he is sincere to the person he loved

He was sincere to Sofia. 

And he is sincere to Katarina. 

Azief himself felt funny right now

When the Fall first began, he wanted to only focus on survival. 

But his journey, his long journey, the lives that he had lived, he began to understand that when you have pass the survival stage, living is not so simple

He was sincere before. 

But his sincerity was treated as trash. 

He was a nobody before. But, now he is a powerhouse not only in his own world but even if he goes out to the Universe, he could be considered a powerhouse that could rule a world. 

But when he reached all of this, the sincerity that he had once cast out, is the one thing that he values the most.

He could not let Katarina die. But if she dies because of his future-self, it is better for him to die with her. 

Right now, that is the only thing he could think about. 

They will weather this together, whether they live together or perish together, Azief would not leave her. 

Even if he could escape aloe, he would not. 

He doesn’t know what fate and destiny plans to do with him. But he is sure as hell not fine with leaving this place alone. 

When the sword hits the portal, an unimaginably sharp aura rushed toward the portal.

That sword was sharper than anything Azief had ever felt. It felt like it was grinded by the forces of the Universe.

The sword collides and then the breath that lingers on the portal, like a knife meeting paper was cut almost immediately, leaving a gaping hole 

Azief was stunned to see this. The shockwave had already appeared but why does only now that he sees the sword cutting through the breath?

Azief then understood. 

’The distortion of time’ Azief always knows how unreasonable certain things are in the Time Space tunnel. 

He nearly forgot about the difference of time and even the reversal of cause and effect inside the Time Space tunnel 

Azief eyes shines with determination.

But he did not immediately charged to the entrance with Katarina. Katarina was anxious and she was about to pull Azief toward the opening of the hole 

The hole ois created after Azief sword light punctured a hole in the breath that covered the portal

  but Azief hold her hand.

’Wait!’ he said and just as he said that word, another powerful shockwave erupted. 

This is the effect of that breath and that sword strike colliding with each other. 

Azief stomps his feet and uses the small amount of energy that he had left to withstand it. 

Katarina could see that Azief would not be able to withstand this pressure so she too stomps her feet.

Katarina had more time to replenish her energy. 

She extracted energy from the time projection so even though she did not have her peak energy, she at least has more energy than Azief right now

When she stomps her feet a twenty feet wall of ice floating in the air appears in front of them. 

But second later, as the force of the shockwave arrive in front of them, that twenty feel tall wall of ice disintegrated like it was dust blown by the wind.

’Now!’ Azief shouted

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