Lord Shadow

Silence reigns all over the world, yet still one seems to hear the rumble of thunder and people who are wary look at the sky, and they pray

Death Monarch returned and the Six Great Power of the world began to move. The movement of the world portend an ominous sign.

From a dawn that did not came and the sudden break of afternoon everything pointed toward something ominous.

Those with great power felt the disturbances of the forces of the world. Time and Space were distorted, the day reversed into night and Laws of the world was manipulated.

The Eye in the Antarctica fixed its gaze to Pandemonium, the eye opened without closing like it fears to miss something, Storm Tide went out to the Sea and the Arrayist Sage stand guard at the walls of the Lotus Palace.

Time Monarch Jean came out from his Room of Clocks and the undisturbed Quorum Council door was opened. 

The red sword on the foot of the Ice Mountain where the lofty goddess of Ice left that sword was finally once again wielded and the dark alley of Europe tremble in fear.

And who knows what the other power did after sensing that power and seeing the reversal of day and night. 

But everyone knows why these unmoving titans suddenly moves

It is because the world was shaken.

The return of one person shakes the world and moves the seas and land. 

Because that one person is Death Monarch Azief. The name itself is resounding all over the world and with each step he takes, the world shakes.

The seas were suddenly calm, the pirates hide in their pirate cove and they did not dare make any raids, waiting for the opportune moments

The Crime families all over the world halted their trades of weapons and new world drugs.

They look at the sky. And they look at it fearfully. It was like the black robe of that person covers the whole world and the eye of “that person” is looking at them from above.

It is not a pleasant feeling to know that someone could watch all of your movements. Those who could hide, hide. Those who could not, try not to stand out too much.

The world welcomed the day after that person returned with mixed feeling. 

It seems after Death Monarch return back to Earth and swing his sword down from the Heavens, he went to Pandemonium and did not go out.

And for a moment, the world could breathe easy for a while. They wished “that person” would stay there and not move too much.

When titans walk the Earth, mountain would get flattened and seas would get stormy. As such, they did not wish for “that person” to walk too much.

It would be better if “that person” would stay in Pandemonium like always. Nobody wants to be the odd one, fearing that they would get noticed.

But on the second day, the Six Great powers began to convene in an emergency meeting between their leaders.

And the world is once again shaken

The story is reported in the White Owl news the moment the meeting was convened. All kinds of birds fly all over the world to spread the news. 

If that is not enough, even in the dark places where criminal families hide their tails, the spread of the news is even faster

The White Owl had upgraded their services and it is easier for people to get their news from them

Nobody knew how the White Owl got the news and how they infiltrate the security of that meeting but they spread the news all over the world.

Anyone with any desire for self-preservation would always pay attention to the currents of the world.

When the citizens of the six great Powers read the news, they were all anxious of what their leaders would do.

These six years was peaceful for the most parts. 

In some region there is war and there is bloodshed. But one could say there is no large scale war and no large scale of destruction since the Article of Distribution was drafted and signed by all the great powers.

By forbidding the participation of Disk Formation leveler into the battlefield and its strict enforcement it reduces unnecessary slaughter and collateral damage that would resulted in the attack of a Disk Formation leveler.

It also reduces the damage to the world since Disk Formation leveler could control the energy of the world.

All in all, there is balance and peace. And peace is good. They fear that the fact six powers are meeting and excluding Pandemonium would lead to a war.

And a war with Pandemonium, with Death Monarch in its helm is not a war that even the citizens of the six great power have the confidence to win.

For the other six great powers residents they acknowledge the sayings that experts are in abundance in Pandemonium. 

Almost all the high ranking members of Pandemonium are all in Disk Formation. 

The three Great Generals of Pandemonium, Athena, Freya and Wang Jian is also Disk Formation leveler not to mention there is still Sofia the Divine Archer, Sina the Genius Alchemist, Will the Golden Speedster, Loki the Trickster, Shinji the Swift Sword and probably many other hidden experts in the Shadow Guards.

And with Sasha the Nightingale returning with Death Monarch yesterday, that added another expert in the already formidable lineup of defenders of Pandemonium.

Most of the people that is in Pandemonium is hardy and resilient people. 

This is not hard to deduce. To reach Pandemonium itself is a hard task for most people. 

There are seas around that continent and when there is an ocean to traverse, there will be sea monsters around it.

For most experts of course they could fly through the sky or swim across the oceans or for some people who have bravery they could sails through the oceans with their ship.

But to most people who did not pass Energy Disperse Stage and still manage to come to Pandemonium, that itself is a proof of determination and tenacity.

If the Six Great Powers wanted a fight with Pandemonium, it would be a war that is not easy to win.

If it was easy to win, they would have attacked a long time ago. And with Death Monarch in his throne, it might be possible that if they went into war, they would lose.

Even though there is no longer any protection formation on the seas of Pandemonium, they still don’t have the confidence to fight head on with Pandemonium because there, sitting on that highest throne in Pandemonium, that lofty God clad in darkness is watching.

That alone is enough deterrence

This is because history has proven again and again of how Death Monarch always remains victorious no matter who his enemy was.

It was proven many times with the clash between e Death Monarch and the World Government. 

He even fought the Heavens and won. Then if that is not enough, in his weakest moment, dozens of assassin tries to kill him.

And even then “that person” did not die. It created the image of Death Monarch invincibility in the world. It is why people called him the strongest person in the world.

That title is not some underserved title.

That is why in the six years when “that person” is not on Earth, every time there is rumors that Death Monarch is already dead, people would ask many question

If he is dead, where is his body? Who killed him? Where did he die? How did he die? Is there any witness? Who told you that he is dead?

If there is no answer to these question, they would treat that rumors as only passing wind.

People have always doubt the death of Death Monarch unless they could see with their own eyes, that Death Monarch is truly dead 

that is the deterrent effect of Death Monarch. 

Because there were so many times people have tried to attack Death Monarch friends, lovers and family when they think that he is dead only for him to return exacting vengeance.

The reputation that Death Monarch had painted for himself had become so vivid in the minds of the people of the world that even in his absence and even with such rumors, people would rather not believe anything until they get one hundred percent confirmation that he is dead before they made any moves. 

And in the end, like always, Death Monarch finally returned.

And he once again sits at that throne. Since the meeting started, the citizens of the Six Great powers is worried 

They wished that the meeting at the Island of Peace would not cause a great war. And they look at the sky and wished for a clear, bright sky with clouds all over.

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AUTHOR NOTE

We are finally entering the Time Crisis. It has been a long journey. The chapter count right now is actually 329. The reason it swelled to around seven hundred chapters is because I split the chapters apart.

One chapter usually contains around three thousand words or more. In the past, one chapter could reach ten thousand words.

You could see it if you read the past chapter. But many of the readers said that they prefer bite sized chapter and by making it bite sized I could post a part of the chapter every day.

If I did not do it like that, there would probably be around five to six chapter a month instead of being able to post every day. 

Anyway, now that we have reached this point, even I am a bit emotional

Unlike most of my other stories, when I first wrote down this story, I begin at the End. I wrote about the events that happened in the future before beginning it at the start.

Since there are two timelines. The non-existent timeline that has been altered by Time God Jean and the new timeline where you are reading the story

In the conversation with Will, there is a clue there about why Azief did not have any memory about what happen in that future timeline when supposedly he was the strongest out of all the Sovereign

I better stop talking before I spoke too much.

Anyway, when I first mentioned the Time Crisis, I know it would be long journey. I need to fill in the dots. I think that is the hardest part of the story. I already know the End so the problem was how to fill in the blanks between the beginning until the end

At that time, I am not even sure if I could write it until it reached Time Crisis. There were times I wanted to stop writing it.

And who knows, someday maybe Web novel would also take the story and relegated me to be only a ghostwriter. 

I guess being not so popular writer in web novel does have its advantages. Since it is not that popular, they didn’t pay that much attention to my story.

(I still want to be popular, y’all. Recommend some places where can I promote the story. Though, they have to bear with the many mistakes in the earlier chapter and the lack of description of some of the characters in the beginning)

Along the way writing this story there is a few changes that happen. 

There were some Arcs that I initially did not want to write and thought that I should just kip it and mentioned it in afterthought, but after thinking the many details that would be left out if I did not write it, I write the arc anyway. 

Finally, it reached here. 

It is a good thing I did not croak along the way. Some people asked me what about when Azief reached Sovereign level? 

Will I also write the chapter that happens? Haku ask me this.

Some of you were attentive and knows that the period of time when each Sovereign appears had one-hundred-year gap. I would not explain it here since it is explained before. (psst, Prohibition of the Sovereign)

But in that one-hundred-year gap, I would not detail the experiences of each of the Sovereign instead I would only focus on a few arcs that happened during that particular Sovereign reign.

(If I write in detailed what happened in one hundred years of each Sovereign rule, who knows when the story would end. Though, maybe there would be side stories after it all ended)

It is only when seven Sovereign were established that the other Arc mentioned by Loki like the War of the Sovereign, the World War, the Annihilator event, this big event considered by Loki as great event would happen. 

That is the countdown to the end

Of course, if you read the story you know some of Loki prediction is slowly being subverted and some are being fulfilled. 

Fir Her Waz had already reached the Milky Way ahead of schedule because of Yewa Hafar machinations. The Time Crisis and Azief decision. And many other things.

Anyway, we are not halfway done. 

The Time Crisis is the beginning of the story of the Sovereigns. I know I said this story would end sometime next year but that is just a rough estimate.

And I am still torn on what ending I should choose for the end. And there might be a few Arc that will be expanded later on. 

Anyway, this chapter and the next chapter would be about the reaction of the Six great powers and their schemes and plots and the events that are happening behind the scenes that foreshadowed the future of the Omniverse and events that would happen.

I know that the first sixty chapter is unrefined and I do have the desire to edit the first sixty chapters.

But I never got the time to do it because of the schedule. I need to write this story and Age of heroes and also Song of Heroes all at the same time. 

By the time I write my quota for the day, I would be tired and have lost the desire to edit it. If I got enough money and I mean a lot more than I make now, I probably would hire an editor.

If not, I have to edit it by myself.

Maybe, after this story is over I could focus on making a first revision and correction to the many mistakes in the chapter.

For example, the word been. For some reason my Microsoft word did not detect the mistakes regarding the word been. It is always bene. Not been but bene, like Bene

There is also the word really which sometimes become relay. There is a lot more example like that. 

Then there is the matter of the Song of heroes. Out of all the other story, I wanted to make that story the most detailed and polished story of politics, warfare and plots and conspiracies stories with a tint of heroic epic and a story of founding of a great empire that I could make

But because the world of that story is a bit different then Lord Shadow I found myself confused when I try to write the story at the same time. 

Lord Shadow even though one might forget it, its setting is a bit of sci fi with a bit of high magic. 

There is references of pop culture references and current events shadowed as the political conflict between the Great Powers but as for Song of Heroes, it is a world of the ancients with Sages and poems and literature and tradition of the ancient world. 

Word like Okay could not find itself in that story and equality could hardly be seen in that story. In other words, what I am trying to say is that, the world is different and the feeling of both story is different.

Song of Heroes is also slow paced with emphasis in plots and scheme and martial battle

I did write a few chapter when I have time but I think I should put that story in hiatus until a few of my other story is finished first.

(And I maybe would not post its chapter in web novel later. Maybe I would try to publish it somewhere else. Recommend me a few good place so maybe I could publish it as a real book later)

Anyway, wait for the five days in LS world to end and then we will begin the journey to the End. I am setting up the stage for the change that is about to happen in LS world. Anyway, see you all later.

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