Lord Shadow

Jean had visited The Oracle. Loki is hiding somewhere and searching for the Broker. Erika is preparing herself for her fate. 

Yewa Hafar is somewhere in the Moon after being banished by Number Seven.

It would still take him some time before he gets back to Earth and continue his schemes and plot. Pandemonium is escorting their people back home

The Centre Palace officials quickly send help to all the cities around the Capital and trying to find out the current size of the continent and the world.

Sasha and her subordinates is nowhere to be found; the Three Demoness had also disappeared after the battle.

All the Great Power is trying to consolidate their power now. Even after the announcement by Hirate that Pandemonium would protect Loki, this did not stop the momentum of recovery.

They might send protest letter to Pandemonium later. 

But now is not the time. 

What is important right now is to quickly recover from the damages, find out and asses the change that happens to the world, and any other problems that might arise so they could be prepared for it.

To get mad at Pandemonium right now is stupid. 

This is not the first time that Earth had to recover after an otherworldly invasion. 

As such, it is very efficient. Nanobots, robotic machines flies out from the factory helping reconstruct building and put out fires and clean up the streets.

Most of the armed robots had already been deployed during the early phases of the Multiversal Convergence. 

If not for the fact that humanity had many of such mechanical robots, the casualties of humans would clearly even be more than it is now.

The world is all full of activities right now. And as they are doing all of this, Azief is already somewhere else.

He is now meeting another person. 

He appears in the sky, and the moment he appears there a great pressure covered the thirty-meter radius. 

He had restricted the pressure to only cover thirty-meter radius.

He did not want this person to run away. And he also did not want others to eavesdrops or see what he is doing. The pressure also seals the area from any prying eyes

This thirty-meter radius is controlled by him as his power pressure everything inside that radius.

He was in front of someone.

That person frowned the moment he saw Azief. ‘This is unexpected’ that person mutters to himself.

That person is wearing a golden armor, and on his hand he held a mace that could talk

With a golden hair that reach his neck, a wavy style hair, with tall height and hard rock abs and muscle, the person floating in the air is Raymond the Earthshaker. 

He had to suddenly stop creating a powerful blast that crack the air around him. 

When he tries to smash the area using his mace, even his acme felt dizzy when it clashes against the air and space around them

He was shocked because he was suddenly being ambushed like this.

A powerful force had enveloped them, sealing them in this area. Raymond once again felt helpless. Today, is the day, he felt how it felt like to have not enough power to do many things he wanted to do

He was on his way to the Island. He is not surrounded by his soldiers. Most of his soldiers is now escorting the people of the World Government who come out from the Mirror Dimension.

And he did not need protection. Raymond did not expect to see Azief suddenly appearing in front of him.

Azief appeared in front of him almost instantly. So, Raymond stopped and he look at Azief. It was quite awkward.

Azief only look at Raymond with that piercing eyes that seems to be able to strip any disguises.

And Raymond stare at his rival in love. 

The world had always compare him to Azief. 

But Raymond was never the jealous one. He is not that kind of guy. He did not mind being compared. All in all, Raymond was never a competitive person. 

He had never care whether he was second or first. 

And maybe that is the problem. Raymond, contrary to popular belief, did not hate Azief as much as the world wanted him too.

He and Azief have different path and since they have different path, rarely they meet each other. Since the road they walk did not overlapped each other.

But, if there is one thing that he envies Azief it was that Sofia loves him. Sofia is not an earthshaking beauty.

At least, before she become a Disk Formation leveler, she was not as pretty as some other woman.

But, to Raymond she was an exotic woman. Like Azief found Katarina to be exotic, Raymond find Sofia to be exotic. 

But that is not the reason he falls in love with Sofia. There is a certain charm that Sofia has and once he was captured by that charm, it is really hard to release himself from it.

If he could explain it, it would not be this hard. Maybe the fact that he couldn’t explain it, makes it love

If there is one thing worth envying Azief for, it is the fact that the woman he loves, loves him.

‘Death Monarch’ Raymond said as he greets him. Azief frown. 

He sighed. There are some words that he wanted to speak but he hesitates to word it out

Raymond was not the person he wanted to meet originally. But, thinking of what will happen if he were to lose, he need to prepare some plans. 

Azief almost scoffed at himself. He was never the planner and the schemer. But as he grows stronger, and as the problems he had to face grows larger, there are times that he is slowly become a schemer and a planner.

If Loki were to know Azief thought, he would not be surprised. After all, in his timeline, Azief did not become a concierge of crime if he relies only on his strength.

Azief in Loki timeline is very unpredictable, cunning and even more of a schemer than himself. When one reaches Sovereign level, there are many things that is hard to do personally.

And one had to have an all-encompassing plan when one sits on the Divine Throne. After all, once someone sits on the Divine Throne, there are some restriction.

Of course, when Azief had the chance, he abdicated and give his throne to Raymond, making him free from the Divine Throne. Sitting on the Divine Throne gives almost an unlimited power upon the Laws of the World and everything is under one control

But, there is certain things that they have to give up. Maybe, this time it would be a bit different

Scheming and plotting then become a necessary tool. And Azief in Loki timeline wield it very masterfully.

Azief then said

‘Did you hear Hirate announcement?’ Raymond nodded and then Azief ask once again

‘Do you agree with it?’

‘Loki is innocent’ Raymond said it with conviction. 

Raymond would know. Because he was there on that battlefield. 

Because he got the report. 

And because he too has eyes and ears in the Quorum building. So, how could he not know that the true culprit of this even is not Loki?

But, then why would Hirate said it was Loki? Why did Loki did not refute? Why do the others become blind and mute? Because they cover up someone. 

But who would the great powers would be covering up for?

Hirate had no significant other so he would not do it for love. 

Then if it not loves, it is fear. 

And who could make someone like Hirate, the President of one of the Three Great Powers to fear someone so much that he would cover up the truth?

There is only one person. 

And that would be Death Monarch Azief. 

If Death Monarch Azief is the one that was responsible for this event, Raymond could understand why Hirate covers him up, why Loki is silent and why those who could see pretend to be blind.

He sighed and said

‘You did it’ Azief click his fingers and a barrier sprang up around him enveloping Raymond inside it and he simply said

‘Yes. It was me’ Raymond was not surprised. There was silence between the two men and Raymond said

You let Loki takes the blame.

‘He wanted to take it. He did not consult me on doing such a thing. Hirate covers it up, Jean shut his mouth and Hikigaya pretend to not see anything. Tell me, what should I do then?’

Azief then smiles helplessly as he said

‘Loki take the first initiative to let Hirate air out his crime. So, whatever I say after that would only be seen as trying to protect Loki. They would still believe that it is him that perpetrated the event. The only thing I could do, is to share the blame a bit. If everyone wanted to mess with him, they mess with me’ Azief said

Raymond did not know what to say.