Lord Shadow

Chapter 1901: Time To Go Home

Wang Jian in his teen works hard labour, jumping from one construction job to another. He even work on sweatshop making phones and clothes for other people to use and wear

Azief believe he also hated that life and hated the government which he is in.

But when you are that weak, that powerless, you could not do anything

The world back then was not the world right now

One person voice would be drowned by the propaganda machine

It is not like the world today, where one person voice could drown the whole world.

Wang Jian life is supposed to be a sad, pathetic life.

A comedy from afar, a tragedy up close

His servile nature was a mechanism of survival.

He probably suffer many injustice and learned from every beating of life he took.

There would probably many business owners that did not pay him fair wages because of his history and because of his background

Wang Jian lives in rural areas and it was hell

China before the Fall, have great inequality of wealth. Even more so for someone like Wang Jian

He supposed to live and die in such pathetic state.

Then, the meteors fell. And everything changed.

The world and its rules changed.

Wang Jian rose up from the ashes of that calamity, to become a great general

He believe if he follows the right person, he would be safe.

And the mistake of his parents is that they are not loyal to the state.

Yes, Wang Jian was brainwashed by the government and gaslighted by the government, to spit on his own parents efforts

It is no different than what Mao was doing during the early years of his reign.

But then he was betrayed by his king. If not for Loki, Wang Jian life might end in China and would not become one of the Great General of Pandemonium.

China itself could not be called China right now. It is the Lotus Order and the warlord there is changing leaders every few months.

A new world had been born and a new world order had been established and new thought had emerged since then

Patriotism and loyalty to the state and nationalism has also morphed and change in this new world where one person alone could rival the world.

Azief himself is not that demanding of his subordinate and he did try to change some of Wang Jian thoughts

Wang Jian is an idiot.

Not by choice but because of the environment he is in.

He was beaten until he becomes an idiot.

It wasn’t until the meteor fell, that he slowly grow up.

Meeting people, experiencing wealth and poverty, tangling in politics and he began to understand the method of the powerful and what they did to him and his family

Wang Jian never did say much and he is not really the sharing type.

But Azief believe that when China fell and millions of them die, Wang Jian probably did not feel much nostalgic for the previous regime.

Probably that is also one of the reason he helped the King of Wei create a separatist regime in the North.

Wang Jian because of this have this sense of loyalty towards him because he felt that he owed him

Sasha on the other hand is loyal towards him in a different way. She believes that she needs to think for him and do things that he is reluctant to do.

Most of the times, Azief made sure to control these tendencies of their so that it did not go out of control

Both of them are loyal to him.

Yet, when they are faced with each other, they could not like each other.

Azief could guess why these two are aversive against each other.

Wang Jian does not like Sasha cunningness and thinks of her as a bad influence on Pandemonium and him, though he did not express it in his words.

And even though Sasha is not one that cares that much about her reputation, being constantly look down upon like that is not exactly pleasant.

If they were two employees of the same company and did not have to meet with each other, this resentment would be resolved by time

But these two are not two employees in a company.

Instead, they both have great forces in their hands and disagreement between them could lead to civil war.

The only reason why these two did not explode in the past is simply because he was there to judge the matter and his words would convince them

But when he is not there, both of them could not convince the other.

And the subordinate of these two people is probably adding fire to these relationship.

After all, even if these two did not have any desire for the power of that throne, their subordinate might not share the same thought.

Both of their subordinate wanted to don their master with the yellow robe.

Being regent of Pandemonium is being a regent for the strongest world power on Earth.

For Azief it is nothing.

He had seen the wider world and he had seen the Omniverse.

That title did not mean that much for him.

But for those people who have never seen the Grand Universe, it is a position of the greatest prestige in their life.

Wang Jian subordinate also have their own pride and it is the same for Sasha subordinate who commands the intelligence agency in Pandemonium.

These two conflict with each other is paved with all kinds of misunderstanding, plots and intrigue.

Azief could come out and stop it.

But he also wanted to see and wanted them to learn. He, being there, made them unable to progress.

Azief felt that.

Sinc he already desire to let go of Pandemonium, then he needs these people to learn to make mistakes and to learn to make their own decision.

Whether that decision is wrong or not, they must have the courage to make their decision

It is also a way for those two to finally be convinced of each other.

Azief himself did not intend to hold the throne of Pandemonium anymore.

When you know what you have to face in the future, and it is not something easy, everything else look easy in comparison

To him, the matter of Pandemonium is easy in execution.

The only thing that would be complicated would be the human relations

“Wang Jian and Sasha, I also wonder between you two who would win. And when Pandemonium is in trouble, is there anyone would jump onto it and make even more of a mess. I am really curious if there would be such people. It would not be a bad thing to beat the rat hiding in the dark”

He thought to himself.

The other thing he was betting on is to smoke out the traitors and also see whether he could caught some big fishes

But he did not think too much of this matter.

It would be good if he could catch a few big spies but even if he did not caught any spies, he did not care that much.

As long as his realm is the strongest on Earth, he did not need to worry about spies infiltrating Pandemonium.

Because Pandemonium strength did not come from its industry or its secret weapons.

It come from him.

His strength is the one that gives Pandemonium legitimacy and its status. Without it, Pandemonium is just another continent filled with cities.

And without him, the position of Pandemonium would not be so high in the world.

Azief probably soaked in the bath for two hours before he finally comes out of it.

Did he solve everything in his mind in those two hours of contemplating inside a bath tub?

No.

He did not.

Most of the problem he is facing now could be solved by force. That kind of problem is a simple problem for him

But there are some things that could not be solved just by force.

Because people desire and ambition would always leads things to certain outcome.

And certain things could be suppressed but could not be eradicated no matter how much he tries.

Desire would always propel people forward.

Azief got out of the bath clean himself and conjure up new clothes.

A black tightly fitted attire with white on the seams.

This attire is not normal fabric.

It is made from the elements of the world and in each thread of these elements are laws and rules of the world.

The element of creation and destruction is embedded in every thread of this attire.

This attire that looks like a fabric attire, almost like some cosplay costume could not be destroyed by normal means

Laws and rules could not be destroyed by just bombing and hitting it.

Azief learn this trick from Wargod. Wargod did not only talk, he also demonstrate certain magical tricks that he have. And Azief is a fast learner and he learns a few tricks from Wargod that he would surely use in the future.

“It is time to go home” Azief mutters to himself.

He then got out of his room

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