Lord Shadow

Chapter 1707: The Gathering

Chapter 1707: The Gathering

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Azief returns to the Centre Palace and all seems to be well with the world. In just a few days, Pandemonium is run smoothly again.

Sasha slinks back to the darkness, doing her job in the shadows. Wang Jian, Athena and Freya is ordered to come into the palace next month to be crowned as King.

Azief took the position as the Supreme Ruler of Pandemonium. He did not coronate himself but he is effectively the Emperor of Pandemonium if he deigns to wear such title

But he did not.

But he does wanted to divide the land and crown kings.

The land of Pandemonium is one of the largest land in the world. The order of Thinkers has a theory that the land which have a lot of energy before the expansion of the world benefited the most.

The Research Department of Pandemonium also discover that you could actually determine where is the old lands and where is the new lands.

The news lands is full of thick energy and some places are even energy constructed which means if one drain the energy from that place, it could even make that place dissipate.

The concept behind it all is very confusing and even the Order of Thinkers did not have a working theory of how the land was displaced and fill in.

The world stretches and it should destroy the world and should not follow some cartoon logic. Yet, the world expand, the sea was filled in, the land is replaced by new lands. It is like it is merging with the lands of other worlds

To many people that is living in the world, they did not care much about how all of this came to be.

All they know is that the world is larger, there is more land, more distance to cover, more monsters and they have to survive in this kind of land.

In a few days, Death Monarch did not do much but the few things he did create a ripple in all of Pandemonium.

Crowning kings, dividing the lands, all of the meritorious officer under Pandemonium all wanted a piece of the land and the authority that comes with it. There is three kings that have already been decided.

Wang Jian would surely be crowned king. It is also a sure lock for Freya and Athena. But who will be the next king.

Death Monarch has a large continent under him

Three kings would not be enough. And one wonder how many kings would be crowned. How many states would be formed? How many would be promoted? How many of them would be transferred?

One announcement shakes up the entire Pandemonium.

The days passes quickly. And not before long, a week had passed. And then Jean from the Republic came. He came riding a Pegasus with a thousand armoured men in the sky, descending on the outer line of the capital city and then ride a carriage to go to the Centre Palace.

Flying over the height of fifteen feet is not allowed in the capital city. There is restriction of magic

However, this restriction only work for people Disk Formation.

Death Monarch and the other formation master of course could create a more powerful restriction but they did not

There is grace and mercy in this decision. In time of emergency, it is allowed to fly. And hence, there is a formation breaking stone in the city hall.

In times of emergency, anyone could break the glass holding the formation breaking stone and crush it to break the restriction. When the restriction is broken, everyone below Disk Formation leveler could also fly away.

This is usually only used when there is great danger befalling the city and needed the citizens and the people to quickly evacuate the city.

The other restriction is teleportation. It is not allowed and the restriction is put in place. Jean, however, having the realm of Divine Comprehension, if he wanted to, he could ignore these restriction.

After all, it is not like Death Monarch himself wrote these restriction. But Jean would not do that

He comes here not to provoke Death Monarch but for cooperation. You do not slap the face of the people you wanted to cooperate with.

That would be counterproductive.

Jean arrive and not long after, Hikigaya and Oreki arrives. It should be noted that when they do came, they all came with great fanfare.

They might respect Death Monarch and they do respect the authority of Pandemonium but that does not mean they would bow their head so servile

And so, they all have their own way of showing their strength and power so that no one could look down on them

Because when they came, they also represent their forces

Hikigaya rides a purple cloud, bringing a light of auspiciousness that covers the entire capital city

If that is not enough when he first appears, the moon covers the sun, an eclipse causes the entire Pandemonium to be shrouded in darkness before a red moon suddenly appears in the

sky

To some of the people that is not high in their attainment of power, they think that Hikigaya

moves the moon.

The truth is simpler

Hikigaya created an illusion so powerful that it felt like it really happened. And if your mind thinks it happens, is it really an illusion?

The world shrouded in darkness, a red moon in the sky, a purple clouds traversing the distance, Hikigaya the Illusionist Archmage shows his power!

Oreki rides a lion with wings swirling with lightning. And each time it roars, the sky cracks and thunder split the air.

When he appear in the outer boundaries of the capital city, there is only a sound of thunder in

the sky.

When a lighting split the sky into two, there is Oreki in the sky, riding that winged lion, his entire body clad in lightning.

Behind him dozens of colourful lightning bolts follows him slowly, looking like a divine

rope.

Just like Hikigaya, he established his prestige and those who look at him felt their eyes being hit. It is like seeing something so bright that your eyes become uncomfortable. Those who are low level looking directly at Oreki who is clad in lighting is shock when their

eyes is bleeding

Raymond was equally showy

Raymond arrives by the sea, riding the waves and when he arrives at the shore, a sea monsters, the size of a mountain slithers through the empty area and only when Raymond found a settlement, he jump down from the sea beast and conjures up a beast made of clay.

It is a beast with the head of a lion, the body of a dragon, the tail of an Ankylosaurus and even though it is made of clay, its energy seems to overwhelm even Disk Formation leveler that escorted Raymond to the city.

Giant beast and magical pets are now roaming the outer boundaries of the city.

These four people are the four strongest people below Death Monarch. One could say that

Death Monarch is in a league of his own but these four people is the four strongest people in

the world just below the strongest person in the world

And each one of them represent the power behind them except Oreki and Hikigaya who

represent the same force.

This alone is a matter of discussion.

Right now, out of the seven-world power, there is only here world powers that have levelers

that surpasses Disk Formation realm levelers

That three forces id Pandemonium, Republic and the World Government. Pandemonium is on another class because of Death Monarch realm of power

But the Republic and the World Government is quite equal. And suddenly there is this rule

breaking faction that appears out of nowhere.

How could anyone be satisfied with this sudden development

Hikigaya and Oreki are both in Divine Comprehension realm.

They are the only force in the world that have two beings of Divine Comprehension realm. To

the other world powers, this is a threat. Now, there is another force that could ride on their head other than Pandemonium.

The world powers might have accepted Pandemonium as the premier world power and arbiter

of the world powers dispute, but they clearly could not accept another world power to sit on

top of their head.

This is the formation of a new bloc of power that has nothing to do with the world powers. And not only it is a new bloc of power, it is also a legal and acknowledged bloc of power unlike the small forces or the factions that is all over the world right now.

Unlike some group that created a faction to resist or support something or to engage in a particular line of business like the Crime Alliance, the Imperial Japan is legal, possessing power and influence, having allies in high places and a legitimate power and force that people could join without being the target of the world powers and the other factions and forces in

the world

Reporters from the White Owl has been waiting for this meeting since it was announced

almost a week ago.

When these four people enter the Centre Palace area, outside the gate of the Palace, the White

Owl all recorded this picture with their eyes or their magical instrument.

Some uses a more primitive method using cameras.

Some tries to ask question.

Most of the question are for Jean and for Hikigaya and Oreki.

Jean is mostly asked about Boris and how he would deal with him.

The expansion of the Republic cities.

Oddly enough, nobody ask him about Paulette.

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