Lord Shadow

On Earth, the palace is still glowing with golden light and it became even brighter as time goes by. 

While many look at the lights and the dazzling shine of the Centre Palace, on the docks of Theoni, a ship is about to sail to the open seas.

Theoni is one of the many cities all over Pandemonium. 

Theoni was erected by a Greek man called Thelonious. He erected the city and he died in a monster expedition. 

It was his son that rules over the city as Mayors nowadays. 

The city has a different name in the beginning but people of other races that came to stay and make a home called the city Theoni.

Some of them overhear the name wrongly and thought Thelonious is called Theoni. 

Thus the residents that came to the city and make their home here called the city the city of Theoni. 

And the merchant that came to trade with the city heard the name from the resident and as such the name stuck.

The city of Theoni is situated beside the sea. It has seaside villas and resorts and chalets. It is patrolled by former members of the military that resign or retired from the Three Army.

Fishing monsters is a favorite pastime for the many great heroes around the city. It had a large harbor and many ports to accommodate the ships that came to load off their items to trades.

Pandemonium gives some ships the permission to sail the seas and these ships could dock in the many ports all around Pandemonium.

And Theoni is one of the most prosperous seaside city. Today, like any other day, another ship is about to sail out from the docks.

However, this ship that is about to sail off to sea is unlike any other ship that usually would dock in this harbor. 

The dock master was informed of who is coming and whose ship would be here. 

Thus, one part of the harbor was emptied out to prevent people from making too much of a fuss. 

A young man with black hair with a bit of green streak is walking calmly to the end of the harbor entrance. 

There is no ship. But that would not be for long. This young man is thin and tall and he appeared lanky and weak.

But no weak person could make the harbor master felt fearful and cordoned off one part of the harbor just for him.

This man looks at the sea and he waited for something. 

Then he said

‘Arise’ 

The moment he said that, a change in energy could be detected around the area of the harbor. 

Then a dense fog filled the area of the harbor. And then breaking out from below the seafloor, a ship comes out 

It broke through the waves and created harsh ripples of sea water waves around the entire harbor.

The ship was very terrifying. It had black sails and the energy around the ship is full of death and despair.

If anyone who have weak Willpower is near this ship, it would invoke bad memories and induce nightmares if they were asleep.

Around the sails, apparitions of ghost could be seen flying around. These ghost all have terrifying appearance. 

Some of them have melted flesh, others have mutilated body parts, some of them wear wet white robe and they fly around the sails, speaking something but with no voice coming out from their mouth.

Standing on the deck of the ship is skeleton soldiers. They scrub the deck, some were standing around pulling the anchor and others are practicing with their cutlasses.

They are like remnants of grievances. 

The Ship is made of monster bones and accompanying this terrifying looking ship is thick red mist.

The man looks at the ship and he smiles. His eyes flashed with green mist for a few seconds before the green mist went away and his eye is clear again.

This young man is none other than Loki the Trickster.

And this ship is one of Loki ghost ship. Other people might not know what that golden light was but Loki is not really like other people. He knew what that light was and he knew what it signifies. 

Standing on the helm of the ship he looks toward the palace in the center region of Pandemonium and his eyes squint. 

Like if he squinted hard enough, he could see that person inside that throne room and what that person is thinking.

But like most thing in life, not everything would move according to his will, and especially not the thought of that person.

He sighed.

Then he shakes his head. 

He is leaving tonight. He had already settled that all need to be settled, planned all that needs to be planned and put up emergency measures in case the first plan did not work.

Now after all the planning and the scheming, the only thing left to do is to execute these plans and scheme.

The golden light that is glowing all over Pandemonium now is not one of the situation in his plans. By he was not panicked. Because this would happen sooner or later.

That light could not be hidden. 

Even if Azief creates the most powerful hiding formation with his Divine Comprehension power, even that would fail to hide from the eyes of the man holy and infernal being of the Omniverse. 

The light could be hidden but no such formation could hide the resonance and the undulation of a treasure of primordial origins

Loki knows that the golden light is because of the Ten Eternal Rings. 

He did not really remember who the owner of the Ten Eternal Rings. At least this mind did not remember. But number seven would probably remember.

What he knows about the Ten Eternal Ring is that the name of the ring was aptly given.

It is called the Eternal Rings because they were meant to exist eternally. In the other timeline, Azief also have that ten rings. 

One could call that ring is a curse for him and a blessing at the same time. In that other timeline, he was not as powerful as he is right now. 

And he was hunted down and have many enemies all over the world.

But even at that time he still managed to become the first Sovereign on Earth. In that other timeline, Azief relies heavily with the Ring to reach where he was. 

But in this timeline, he helps Azief pursue the path of Perfection. The effect of such action of course could not easily be seen.

Such change would accumulate and stacked and like a river that is being changed its course, the water would flow to other path and in time changing the course of the river

Because of his meddling, in this timeline Azief rely less with the rings and only uses it sparingly. 

As Azief pursues Perfection, he is no longer that reliant with the ten Eternal Rings and it would be better like that for in the long run.

‘The Ten Eternal Ring’ Loki muttered under his breath. That ring is a powerful tool and in the hands of Azief, he was feared all over the Omniverse.

It is not like no one try to rob that ring out of him before. 

But when the rest of the Omniverse found the ability of that ring, Azief was already a Sovereign. 

Even in the Universe, a Sovereign level existence is akin of a Supreme Beings of the great civilization of the Omniverse.

With that ring, Azief had managed to push Jade Empire to such a dire straits and he became someone that is feared 

But that ring also has its own problem that come with it. No one that ever possess that ring ever had a good ending. 

And Loki had learned from Azief even he got the ring from a dead Demon Emperor. 

A Demon Emperor level existence is akin of a Sovereign but even then that Demon Emperor still could not escape the curse.

‘Haish’ he sighed. 

He knew that since Azief had managed to become a Divine Comprehension leveler, he would surely have new knowledge that he had about to learn from the Ten Eternal Rings. 

But like magic, knowledge also has its price. 

The bond between Azief and the ring would grow stronger. The stronger the person that wears the ring, the stronger the bond between them

He shakes his head. And then he smiles bitterly. He then licks his finger. 

The anchor made of mist dissipated and the dark sails rises up from the mast. The wind of the sea pushed the sails and the sea begun to sail to vast horizon 

Loki look at the palace and then he looks toward another area. The direction of where he is looking at is the direction of Sina. 

‘It is time’ he said to himself.

‘A midsummer night dreams that I never wanted to end. But there is no banquet that last forever’ he said to himself and he chuckles bitterly.

While everyone is looking at the shining lights of the city, a ghost ship sails away from Pandemonium with a mission

And following behind the ghost ship is thousands of black ravens

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