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The space around the balcony calmed down and the wind also calms down.

Hirate frowned almost instantly the moment Death Monarch disappeared from his sight. He sighed and then rub his forehead

‘The problems keep on coming’ he thought to himself.

The battle had just ended and Death Monarch had already started to move.  The only thing he was not expecting was that he would be the first move of Death Monarch

And he had never expected that Death Monarch wanted to share the burden with Loki. At least right now he is clear about Death Monarch stance

He has his ways and Loki has his ways. And it does not seem that the relationship between those two had deteriorated.

It is more like they have different ways of solving the same problem. A clash of ideas, at most. From what he sees Loki is still close with Death Monarch

And Death Monarch insistence in protecting Loki would dispel the rumors that Loki and Death Monarch had a falling out

He clicked his tongue later as he thought about what the news would do to the state of the world

The world had not even had the time to breath yet.  Twenty-four hours seems to be too long, he thought to himself

‘This would be another long day’ Hirate mutters to himself.

This action of Death Monarch to protect Loki even under universal condemnation would surely startle and alarm the other great powers

And his meeting with Death Monarch would also made the Great Powers of the world to have suspicion on him.

Hirate knew he needs to communicate his meeting with Death Monarch well to the other Great Powers. Of course he would keep secret about the other request that Death Monarch had make.

It would not be hard to make up an excuse.

The reason he had to communicate his meeting with Death Monarch well to the other Great Powers is because he did not want people to think he is colluding with Pandemonium. 

The Three Great Powers has always stand together. But, they never went into a true alliance with each other. 

If they did, if they really share the same vision, then how could the other great powers ever had the chance to rise up?

After all, the World Government always had wanted to keep the status quo of the Three Great Powers.

Even in the early beginnings of the formation of the other four great powers, Hirate had met with Death Monarch and discus with him to dismantle the other rising powers and keep the status quo of the three great powers.

Now, Death Monarch first move after he recuperated form his injury is to meet with him. It would be strange if rumors would not rise up because of this.

And he did not want the other great powers to think so. 

He of course had his own consideration.

The moment any of the Three Great Powers made a true alliance with each other, all pretense of civility between all the great powers would be tore off.

At that time, another period of instability would rise again. It would not be exaggerating to say that a World War could erupt between the great powers

Hirate had enough of instability for today.

He sighed.

Death Monarch might be able to do whatever he wanted without thinking of the consequences. But Hirate is not Death Monarch and he is not as free as him.

He had his restraints. He snorted as he thinks of Death Monarch

‘He made the mess and I have to clean it up’ Sighing, he shakes his head. 

But, at least Death Monarch had agreed not to change the arrangement he had with Loki. This is the best ending for everyone, Hirate thought to himself.

It is the best he could do considering the circumstances.

‘It seems many people would be visited by Death Monarch today’ Then taking a dep breath to calms himself he looks across the balcony. 

The translucent barrier was broken and one could see that half of it is turning into motes of light that integrated itself with the world energy.

He clicks his tongue. 

‘Now, I have to reinforce back the formation’ he paused for a second before adding ‘And I need to create more formation’

His eyebrows creased.

The strength that Death Monarch presented to him shows how fragile any Disk Formation leveler compared to a Divine Comprehension leveler.

Not to mention, Death Monarch is a being that could even fight and destroy an Essence Creation leveler. 

One could argue that the Demon King was suppressed by the will of the world and the Orvanians that also attacked the Demon King from space, but what is important to the world was the result. 

Death Monarch had defeated an Essence Creation leveler, regardless of the advantages he had. 

That shows Death Monarch is probably even stronger than the other Divine Comprehension leveler like Hikigaya and Jean

That is not good at all for the other Great Powers

‘Death Monarch just shows me how easy it was for a Divine Comprehension leveler to destroy the formation of the World Government. If this is the case, these protection formations would only be able to stop Disk Formation leveler and not Divine Comprehension leveler. More research needs to be done’ 

At this kind of time he envies the Lotus order for having Arrayist Sage Lee Sangmin. 

Hirate is quite sure that even Death Monarch would find it difficult to break through Lotus Order. 

Because the formation of the Lotus Palace is created by intangible thing. 

As for the Island of Peace formation it is created by tangible things which is the energy of the world that come from the ley lines that connected the heart of the formation with the energy mines all over the island.

‘And then there is Hikigaya’ Death Monarch might have a lot to do today. 

But, Hirate also have a lot of things to do today. And he too has many problems. Some requires a subtler touch than the way Death Monarch handles things

One of the problems that needs a subtle touch is the matter between the World Government and the Illusionist Archmage Hikigaya

Illusionist Archmage Hikigaya and the Empire of Japan. 

The Imperial family of Japan probably would rely on Hikigaya and ask for his help. And Hikigaya help right now, at this current time, could change a lot of things in the world

‘I have no leverage against him’ Hirate thought to himself. Hikigaya had keep most of his family out of the public eye. 

His father and mother had died but there is still his sister, Hikigaya Komachi and his two girlfriend. 

Not many people know this but Hikigaya is quite the playboy even with his face. His face is not ugly but he is not quite handsome either. 

But of course, as he grows stronger, there is this aura of majesty he emanated that would cover everyone that look upon his eyes.

In other words, this majesty had change him from a slightly normal looking man to a handsome man.

And Hikigaya is close with Oreki. That is a point of importance.

These two people had firm grasp on Japan. 

Hirate had mostly not care about the Imperial family and his title of Shogun. By now it is just an empty title as his primary title is now the President of the World Government.

Japan is only one of the countries under the banner of the World Government. 

But while he had never exercised his right as Shogun after becoming the President of the World Government, the title still remains his. Hikigaya had never challenged it. 

Because in the past, he could not.

Hikigaya was not a nationalist. That is such an outdated concept especially when humanity had already united against Weronians.

That war was the most terrible war that Hirate had ever witnessed. 

One would be hard pressed to find any positive effect because of that war. 

But if there is one good effect was that it breaks the barrier of nationalism, barrier of race, of white and blacks, of Asian and Caucasian, and each human views themselves as only one race. 

They were humans. 

And these aliens that came from the vast starry sky and descend down to Earth, destroying their homes and kill their family is an outsider.

Humanity was united. As such it would not be surprising that after the war, Lotus Order who control Asia continent have all kinds of people that live inside it.

It is not Chinese dominated cities but a city of diverse people that would not have been seen before. 

The same could be said on many countries in Europe where all kinds of people and all colors could be seen.

But while Hikigaya was not a nationalist, he was of the opinion that Japan should be more powerful 

The reason is simple. 

Power makes rights. 

Hikigaya and Oreki had always been the opinion that Hirate should passed a resolution releasing Japan as an independent nation outside the purview of the World Government. 

Many people did not understand the many regulations that World Government have to make sure the World Government run smoothly.

In actuality, Hikigaya and Oreki wanted to create a base for themselves. 

Like Death Monarch had created Pandemonium, they wanted to designate Japan as their territory. If he passes that law, then World Government might have more problems after that.

Because allowing Japan to be that is opening a can of worms. The World Government wanted to centralize power for the government

United they stand. It is a great slogan. But, in this kind of environment, certain personal liberty had to be taken.

This is centralization of power of the most massive since the history of the world. Once Japan manage to do that, what about the others?

Would they not be tempted?

He sighed as a powerful mental fluctuation emanated out from him. 

He closes his eyes as he sent a telepathic message to the soldiers, the formation master in the island to create back the formation.

Then he opens his eyes back. 

He looks in the distance and he laughed a bit. In that state of existence before, he could see almost anything in the world. 

But now, he could only see the open vast sea and his Divine Sense could not pass even this Island as the density of the world had increased and the energy that is now filling the world is also obstructing his Divine Sense. 

‘Divine Comprehension leveler, huh. Now, this is another headache’ And then he thought about Raymond and he sighed

‘Raymond……Maybe…. I should let him go. If I keep remaining stubborn, he would never be great’ And thinking of this, he no longer has any mood to look over the city from the balcony.

It is now time to dirty his hand a bit. In the end, if he wants something done right, he should do it himself.

His robe sweeps the ground as he walks out from the balcony. The wind blows gently over the Island like nothing ever happened.

There is a confident smile on Hirate face as the floating island once again is covered with thick white smog, floating above the ocean water majestically

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