Lord Shadow

His sigh could be heard echoes inside the now empty room.

He could sense that Loki stop for a moment outside the throne room door, like he had made some determination. 

Azief now had settle a few things. 

And now the path is slowly clear to him. He had already outlined a few steps for him to do after he come out from the Time Tunnel. 

One could even say he is rushing. The day had not even ended and there are already many things that are changing all over the world.

By now, that tortoise of the league of Freedom must have reached the Arabian Sea. Hirate and Raymond might also plan a few things and snow has fallen in Europe.

And that Eye of Heaven that belongs to the Order of Thinker might have seen some things that Azief did not want them to see. 

In that meeting just now, he had asked about the matters of the Six Great Forces and he was briefed about many of the protection artifact like the Lotus Order, Lotus Palace and the powerful surveillance system of Eye of Heaven.

He also speaks to them about the matter of the Crime Alliance and Void lack of activity. 

Azief of course is interested in news about Void because he also wanted to confirm something about Void.

The day had not yet ended and events are playing out all over the world. 

There must be many things that fills the mind of the many great forces in the world when he returns. 

Azief did not underestimate his influence. 

He above all others understand how impactful his return was.

But who could guess he is rushing right now? 

The things he saw made him anxious and while he is not panicked, that does not mean he is calm either. 

He just gave the appearance of calmness because being anxious would not help.

He had cross one of the things he had to do which is to know the location of the oracle. He had expected Loki to know. 

If this is something that had happened in Loki timeline, then Loki should have been prepared.

He just didn’t think that Loki would gave him the location that easy. That was not something he expected at all.

The fact that Loki was prepared for it also confirms that something like this had happen in Loki time. That did not exactly make him feel at ease at all.

When he talks to Loki Azief felt that there is still that feeling of brotherhood between them. And because it still exists….it is hard for him and it is hard for Loki.

Probably that is why he could not bear to get angry at him. He sighed when he thinks of this matter

And then he crosses another thing out of his list.

He had made sure to fulfill his promise with Sasha. There are still many things that he is not briefed with.

For this task, like always he would send it to Sasha side. It is time for her to sharpen her blade and once again rebuild the Shadow Guards.

For what he is about to do next, he would like Sasha to guard Pandemonium for him. 

Loki must have planned something and Sasha need to stay on top of him to try to get any information from Loki

Shinji would also return tomorrow so Sasha would have a hard task ahead of her. 

She must integrate the forces she cultivated outside of Pandemonium and reinforce back her influence inside Pandemonium.

Azief would not care too much about their internal struggle because to him it will and always be a small matter.

The Three Army matter sis also being settled or to be more accurate it is being postponed for a time.

Maybe, if he had something for them to do he would summon them. But for now, they have a vacation.

And as for the officials of the Central Government, some of them had to be investigated. 

Azief noticed that some of them could not hide their guilty hearts, looking at him like he is some kind of an executioner that is about to drop a sword to their head

Azief would not be surprised that some of these people had some ideas when he was gone and meddle in things that they should not and doing things that they should not. 

If it is a small matter, then they could be forgiven. If it’s not a small matter and instead a big matter and if they cross the line that they should not cross, then their heads would roll

And that task also falls into the hands of Sasha. Azief chuckles a bit when he thought about it. Thinking about it, all of the troublesome stuff, he always sends it to Sasha side.

He should reward her a bit, he thought to himself. Since he had left all this matter to Sasha, there is not that many matters that he had to solve personally now.

Sometimes interfering and doing too much is also not good. 

Pandemonium had always been a little bit different than the other Six Great Powers. Azief did not meddle to much not because he didn’t know how to govern but because he did not need to.

As long as the people below him did not cross any lines that he had mark and did not do anything that he did not like, he would not care too much. 

To many of the forces inside his court, the reason they struggle against each other is simply because of resources. 

From what he had understand form the reports of the officials the world is no longer like the world in the beginning of the Fall. 

It becomes harder for people to level up. Even now, an Orb Condensing stage leveler to raise their levels to the Energy Disperse Stage it would take them years.

The energy of the world is slow to replenish and each time a powerful Disk Formation leveler level up, that energy in the world becomes even thin. It causes monsters to also slow in respawning.

It creates a vicious cycle. 

The more powerful people level up; the more energy they use. 

And the more energy they use, the thinner the energy in the world become which leads to more people in the bottom to take more time to level up.

Azief had foreseen this. No wonder, even after years, Wang Jian and many others are still stuck in Disk Formation leveler.

And no wonder the World Government began their World Gate project. They want to find worlds that could help their elites to level up. 

At least Azief believes that is the reason why they constructed the World Gate.

Seizing fortune and luck…is that what it means to grow stronger? Azief don’t know whether that is really the truth since there are many ways to reach the peak. 

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A slighlty short part of teh chapter this time. Preparing for the mass release. though I dont knwo if it will be enough cosndieirng I already stack a lot of chapter at the beginning of the month. 

I’ll see how it goes.