Lord Shadow

Breaking the Untainted Land!

Could such deed be accomplished?

It could.

But…..Doing this will create an explosion that would rock one third of the world.

The energy infused into the True Earth would create energy storms all over the world. And the behavior of this energy storm is hard to predict.

Now, the Untainted Land has reached that tipping point.

All of this is because the next generation was not informed.

Or maybe, knowledge was cut off and they seem to have many misunderstandings about the people outside of the Untainted Land.

Most of them are not even the first generation of dwellers of this land.

Hundreds of years have passed in this land and with further damage to the formation of this land, the starker the difference between the one inside the Untainted Land and the ones outside it

The schemes and plots of the Untainted Land could bring suffering and devastation to the people in the Untainted Land, and it requires a firm hand to make sure nothing bad is going to happen

Instead, they mistake good people as bad people, and bad people as good people.

The Untainted Land was created as a refuge and sanctuary for people who lack talent or lacking opportunity

It gave them time to compete in a safer environment compared to the changed Earth.

The monsters inside it are not so dangerous that it would destroy the world they are in

Times inside it is manipulated and there is difference of time inside and outside of Untainted Land.

The Untainted Land is actually a structure.

A structure that uses intangible concepts and magic as its base. Using time, space and the elemental magic to construct a world inside a world.

To many people, it is still the most intricate engineering that has ever been done with magic on Earth history.

Those three is inside the Untainted Land right now, watching over the conflict and trying to understand why these people wanted to rebel and even have the idea of breaking the seal that has been put on this world

But at the same time, they wanted to know Death Monarch attitude about the world and about the people of the world

On the other hand, the world powers did not think like Raymond and those two sages.

The world powers right now are still shrouded in uncertainty. Some of them did not know what to believe.

Is Death Monarch in Arturia or not?

Is he still on Earth or not?

And whether they believe it or not, they are calculating their moves and trying to find the most optimal solution

Most importantly, the world power is now fighting for their interest.

Do they want to know Death Monarch position?

They wanted to know but for them, the immediate position is how to leverage this matter for their benefit

Whatever the case, every move of Death Monarch would come under scrutiny at this time.

To those who knew, they look at Death Monarch and adjust their strategy with Death Monarch moves

To those who don’t know and do not have intelligence capability of the World Government and the other three great powers, they simply have to look at the three great powers and try to strategize based on that

And for the others, the small organization, the factions of the world, they look at the seven world powers and guesses and make their decision from deducing the movement of the seven great powers

Everyone is plotting and scheming against one another.

Mortals could only do this.

While the gods move chess pieces all over the board.

Raymond, Hikigaya, Oreki, and even Jean is looking at Death Monarch and even though they supposed to be in Untainted Land settling the problem there, they could not focus entirely on the matter

Because no one knows what Death Monarch is thinking right now and what he aims to achieve.

Then there is Pandemonium which is not at peace right now

Pandemonium civil war is reaching fever pitch and the battle become more and more brutal like someone is fanning the flames

Now, even if Wang Jian and Sasha wanted to end the war, they would find it difficult. But these two have no intention of stopping the war.

Their men and their people have been killed, and they could not just let it go like this.

Blood has been spilled, affection and hate intertwined, how could such a thing be forgiven now?

If before, it was simply a mock battle, a duel that is more like a tournament than a war, the moment someone dies, resentment is formed, right and wrong, it’s hard to determine.

And once this kind of thing happens, one could not stop it even if they wanted to.

The war would continue and the ripples of this war, sooner or later would ripple outwards

In the island of Arturia, many forces that did not know the cause and effect of this matter is also looking at them with attention, believing that Arthur of Arturia wanted to enter the maelstrom in Pandemonium, wanting to have some influence when the dust settle

Not all forces have top level information.

But for those who know the matter, they look toward the temple of Erika

A few pair of eyes from a different land tries to peer through the clouds of that tall mountain, trying to see the famous Great Oracle.

…

Zoommm!

Hong!

Azief comes out from the broken space while holding Katarina hands.

This distance that could not easily be traversed, this distance that is separated by many seas and land, a journey of millions of miles, took only a few second in the cognition of Katarina.

Katarina slowly stepped off from the tear in space, and it wasn’t until her feet touches the ground, that she knows that her man had did it

Traversing space and time like it was nothing.

Azief looked around him and he could see the archway entrance made of marble, carved with weird looking runes

“So, this is the famous stairway. I only heard about it but never saw it. So, this is how it looks like”

This is the archway toward the stairway leading to the mountain path. It is a stairway that any pilgrims would walk to reach Erika on top of the mountain

The way Erika explains to the people was that the payment for her reading is sincerity. Some people think she is just being polite, and she wanted to downplay her generosity in reading fortunes.

But Azief knows that sincerity is one of the most powerful ingredients in some light magic.

Sincerity is just a few ranks below the power of a soul.

Sincerity is magic.

And she utilizes that perfectly.

The stairway is just something that is polished with magic.

It did not have anything special on it other than a few confounding talisman and illusion formation

Azief sees all of this at a glance.

His eyes could see many things.

On Earth, Azief realm is the highest.

Even in the Universe, those who reach his realm are not many in any inhabited galaxy.

To reach Essence Creation realm, not only must one have energy to absorb, but one must also know the method.

And in some different worlds, Essence Creation realm strength differs based on the method they used.

If one did not develop energy method, then they might even skip through Essence Creation realm and created another realm of power entirely

After all, Essence Creation Realm is a method of energy.

Azief right now is not entirely solid. He looks solid, and he felt solid, but it is just energy condensed.

And on Earth, because of these weird properties of his entire body, he can do certain things other could not unless you reach this realm

And one other benefit is that any energy-based formation could not be hidden from him.

And since most if not all formation in this world is created by using the energy of heaven and earth, there is no manmade formation in this world he could not break if he could see it

And he also has a high sensitivity to energy

“What an ingenious plan. Sincerity…. that is a powerful magic” he thought to himself.

Katarina is now beside Azief, and she looks at Azief and asks

“Why didn’t you just teleport us to the top?”

Azief did not answer her question immediately. Instead, he asks

“How did you reach the top?”

“I walk the road” And Azief nodded

Katarina frowned. And then she looks at Azief and narrows her eyes.

“You want to walk the road?”

“No” Azief answer with a smile

“Then why?”

“This is me showing respect”

“I have shown her respect. Now, it is her turn to show me some respect”

Azief then looked toward the distance.

His eyes seem to pierce through the white clouds and the fogs that cover the top of the mountain, the fog that covers the temple from peering eyes.

All of the magic concealing this temple is ineffective under his eyes. No, it is not merely ineffective.

It self-destructed the moment Azief looked towards it

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