Lord Shadow

Lukas sighed and mutters

‘They are probably worrying that Death Monarch did not need them. Most people would worry that their superior getting weaker. It would not be like in Pandemonium, where they worried even more when their superior becoming even stronger.’ He chuckles a bit

Sasha nodded. She could understand the worry of the court officials. Lukas continue

‘But, to these officials, while they like that my lord grows stronger, it is too fast. If my lord could see everything and be anywhere, why would he need them? Probably that is their thoughts. As an ant, how could one see the views that the eagle sees?’

He is still calm as he walks inside the Palace like he owns the place. 

Sasha frowned a bit listening to his word that have many implications but then she nodded like she could understood it.

‘Being useless mean there is no need for them’

She sighed deeply.

‘They do not understand Death Monarch. He would not rid of them as long as they stay in the line and do not take things too far. As long as they do their job, there is no reason for Death Monarch to do anything that would make him have more work’ Sasha said.

Sasha knows that the formation of Pandemonium and its rise as the number one superpower force in the world was not something that is planned by Death Monarch

Because he is the strongest person in the world, the force that he had created also gained that reputation.

Death Monarch probably knows how to govern. He just did not want to because that is not his path. Many people think that Death Monarch was quite suitable as an overlord.

But if people look at the behavior of Death Monarch and studied it, one would see that rarely does Death Monarch goes and conquered other people lands.

Even Pandemonium was based on one of the forbidden zones of the world which is a continent called Australia before the Fall.

Many people died in this land during the initial waves of monsters appeared. Danger and opportunity lies side by side.

A forbidden zone was then turned into Pandemonium. 

And he reluctantly become the leader of this force and more and more people settled in this land believing in the protection of Death Monarch

Sasha dare not say that she knew Death Monarch as intimately or as personally as Sofia, or Sina does. 

But she does know that while her lord knows how to govern, that is not his passion. It is not his Grand Path

If Death Monarch really wanted to govern, wanted to become an Overlord, why would he let the creation of the administration official to be approved. 

Why would he allowed the military to also enter the muddy water of the court? Why would he not just conquer the four corners of the world?

There were many times that he could have grab the mantle of power. 

During the Fake World period, if Death Monarch wanted to rule the world, then he could have simply live in that world

A world of restriction by the system, but he would be king of everything. 

Probably that is not a life that Death Monarch wanted to live. Some people would hesitate to destroy such a world and return back to the real world

There is no such hesitation on Death Monarch. His Grand Path is unwavering

As for Pandemonium, he did not want it. 

But he also could not just throw it away when so many people had believed in him.

And it is not that bad for him, as with this force, there is a deterrence force for any power in the world to meddle with the people he loves.

Sasha could only sigh as she thought of this. 

The reluctant monarch, she thought to herself. If everyone knows her thought, they would find it hard to believe.

Death Monarch is interested in searching for his Grand Path and achieving his Grand Path. She could only sigh inwardly.

She keeps walking as she look on her left and right, seeing the changes of the Centre Palace.

Lukas walk beside him and even though he had this kind of harmless appearance, every one of the Keeper of the palace that saw him would bow deeply and there is a trace of fear and respect in each one of their eyes

The Keeper of the Palace is like the eunuch during the rule of an Emperor. They might be weak but they possess great influence over the Emperor.

Of course, the Keeper of the Palace dare not exert their influence over Death Monarch. 

After all Death Monarch is not some young emperor they could coax or someone that they could manipulate by using words or scheme.

One wrong move, one wrong word, and they could easily die under the gaze of the strongest man in the world

But, it did not diminish the fact that at least in Pandemonium, they possess great power as they could determine who could get in the Palace or not.

Unless it is someone that Death Monarch specifically said they could come into the Palace, the Keeper of the Palace exercise their power to determine audience with Death Monarch

The fact that Azief allowed it was to give this power to the Keeper of the Palace as a means of protection. 

Both Lukas and Sasha knows this which is why they did not dare cross a certain line.

Sasha then said, reminded of the conversation before.

‘They are very impatient’ Lukas shakes his head and sighed

‘I could understand them. The world is changing too much. They needed assurance. You sometimes forget that these ministers are not like you’

‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ Sasha said

Lukas then said 

‘Most of them is in Energy Disperse Stage and only a few of them are in Seed Formation stage. As for Disk Formation levelers, they are a few of them but these are those people who break through without great foundation. If they met a true Disk Formation leveler that had truly trained their Seeds, they would easily be defeated. And not to mention if they were attacked by an assassins or a squad of highly trained operative.’

‘Are you on their side?’ Sasha ask. 

The tone is very calm. It is not a questioning tone. Simply a question. Sasha knows a lot of dirty secrets of the people in Pandemonium.

But Lukas history remains unknown to her. 

It is not because here research is lacking. 

It is because someone was covering it up. 

And the only one who has power to cover up such thing in Pandemonium that even her Shadow Guard could not even found a clue is only one person.

And that would be Death Monarch

Since, even her own superior wanted to cover up for Lukas, how could she not be tactful and drop the matter?

But just because she dropped the matter, did not mean she would not take the chance she gets to learn something about Lukas, this person.

Lukas reply

‘I am on nobody side. I just understand them. To the eyes of people like Death Monarch, we might look like an extra. But, we also fight for our existence’

‘Are you scolding Death Monarch?’ Sasha said with a slight laugh

‘He would not punish me for this kind of thing’

‘You seem to think you know him’

‘I don’t. And I never pretend to be. But I know that not all stories about him is real. People called him a tyrant. But, it is these people that put him on his place and wanted to serve under him’

Sighing he then said 

‘He did not ask these people to take him up as a leader. He did not ask to be worshiped. But people do it anyway. Because sometimes one position is determined by the power they have. Even without doing anything, he sat on a seat many people wanted. And so, because of that, I know he would not mind it if I criticized him every once in a while. Unless, it is to protect his reputation, he would not kill me’

Sasha only chuckles. 

She and Lukas is speaking words that no Keeper of the Palace and the officials of the court dares utter from their mouth.

‘Very brave of you’ 

Lukas only smiles and did not say anything else. 

Another moment of silence passes between them as they already walked to the hallways overlooking the gardens on the other side of the open hallway

‘Any new changes in the Central government?’ Sasha asked.

‘Same old, same old’ Another silence moment occurred. 

They did not say anything but as they walk further and further away from the throne room, there is this tense atmosphere around both of them

Sasha could see that there is a lot of cracks on some of the structures as she could see one of the tower had almost on the verge of falling down. 

Fortunately, there is a nano robots that is flying around the structure and is repairing it with something that look like laser technology.

But, the nano robot that is flying around the Palace is low.