Lord Shadow

Chapter 370: The trickster and the monarch (2)

Loki get his body up and recline himself on the head of the bed. He takes a deep breath and close his eyes, feeling his energy.

He could feel his energy pulsating in his body but he also could still feel that presence of foreign energy in his body.

He could only sigh. This is probably the first time since he came to the past that he had ever been beaten this terribly.

He then looks at Azief and ask

‘Who else knows I am here?’ Loki asked. He keeps panting like he has shortness of breath. Azief then replied.

‘Other than me and Sasha and the healer, no one else knows’ Loki finally cracked a relieved smile. It is clear that he is worried about Sina knows that he is here

‘Good’

Azief after opening the window approached the bed once again and take a seat beside it. He sat on the chair he brought and he looked at Loki and asked

‘What happened?’ Loki shows a bitter expression on his face and for a few second there is his silence between them. Loki is thinking of how to start his story.

Then he decided he would start the story with a name. Loki has always been a bit of a storyteller. What better way to start a story with a name?

‘Void’ he said. Azief looked puzzled.

‘Who’s that? Should I know who he is?’ Azief asked

‘You don’t know about him?’ This time it is Loki turn to get shocked.

‘I expected it was a name but I don’t know who he is’ Azief confessed. Then he added

‘I called Sasha that night to search for anyone named Void in the Wanted list of Pandemonium. But there is no one that have a name, nickname or codename like that’

Loki felt strange. How could Pandemonium not know about Void?

It was then that Loki is reminded of the fact that Pandemonium only cares about Pandemonium matter.

They rarely care about the enemies of other faction. They only cares about the enemy of Pandemonium.

The Pandemonium Wanted List is a list of criminals that is deemed dangerous for Pandemonium

And since there is not many who would dare go against Pandemonium that Wanted List only have five people since the founding of Pandemonium.

And Death Monarch clearly is not interested in killing them unless they came to Pandemonium so, the List have merely stay the same.

Other than that few months where Hirate was put in the list before being taken off back from the list.

Any enemies that warrant Death Monarch attention usually would lead to a large battle that would affect the world.

Maybe it is because of that the spy network of the Nightingales, the spy division of the Shadow Guard did not extend out of Pandemonium

Because they simply didn’t care about what happens outside. Loki sigh at this conclusion. Then like someone is hammering his chest, he coughed.

He takes another deep breath and then he asks Azief.

‘You did not share info with the World Government or the Republic? I thought since The Three Great Powers seems to be in a period of reconciliation, that you would share your list? Or at least some information?’

Azief was looking outside the window for a second and then he nodded and said

‘We do share’

‘Well…. but they clearly didn’t share that part with me’ And he smiles. But Loki could see there is a trace of rage in Azief eyes

Loki sighed as he could quite understand the thinking of Boris and Hirate. Then he offers and explanation on the defense for both the Republic and the World Government

‘Void himself is not that much big of a threat to you or Pandemonium. Maybe that is why they didn’t share it with you’

‘Hmm’ Azief said.

Azief Hmm could mean many things. When he said Hmm in the Throne Room many officials would try to divine meaning of that hmm. But Loki just ignore Azief hmm.

Loki then continued

‘He was mostly quiet most of the time and did not do much to affect the world matters. There is also the fact that the Republic and the World Government both have something to settle with that person’

‘What do you mean?’ Azief said as he leans back on his chair and close his eyes. It seems he is tired. Or maybe he is just bored.

Loki could never tell with Azief.

‘For this couple of years in your absence, he grew active in the criminal underworld. He sabotages many plans of the World Government as long as someone could pay him and even foil the schemes of the Republic just for the fun of it. So the Two Great Powers have already try to hunt him without much success. Which made him even more famous in the criminal underworld’

‘Humph’ Azief snorted.

‘I never trusted their capabilities which is why I understand how this Void manages to escape from them. But I know you Loki. How did you end up like this unless he is a time traveler like you too?’

Finally, it arrived at that point. Loki knows what Azief is trying to do. He is trying to pry more information about the future for him.

Loki shake his head

‘He is not a Time Traveler’

This time Azief raised his eyebrows.

‘He is not a time traveler like you but you still lose? Shouldn’t you know a few things about him? Like his weaknesses, the choke point you could use to defeat him or something’

Loki only bitterly chuckles when he heard Azief words.

It is not that he didn’t try to do that. It is just this Void character never really appears in his timeline and never become something big.

He didn’t even know there is someone called Void until now.

Maybe the butterfly that flaps its wing have created many small tornadoes all around the world and this Void is the result of that butterfly flapping its wings.

‘He didn’t play any part in my timelines. He was not even mentioned’ Azief hearing this nodded and a slight smile formed on the edge of his mouth.

But he hidden that smile as fast as he could that even Loki do not see that Azief was smiling a while ago

Because Loki is preoccupied with his own thought. Loki could not tell Azief that he does not know whether that is the truth or not.

Loki used to doubt everything. Now he even has to doubt himself and his memories. In his memories there is no one called Void in his calculations and plans.

He had many plans and scheme and now that he has entered the chess game with Yewa Hafar he need to have all the faculty of his mind.

It would not do that he would become an idiot, not now at this important juncture of defining the history and survival of the Universe.

Is he a bigshot in the future? But there is no Sovereign named Void. if it does he would remember and there must be some notes about him.

After all he even have notes of Will the Speedster and the Seven Fairy. But there is no note about Void.

The moment he knew he is losing his memories; Loki had already compiled everything he remembered about the future.

He also makes sure that his writing will not be able to be read by anyone other than him.

If not, having the future knowledge spreads out in the world would not be a good thing at all.

Azief sighed. There is a lot of thoughts that is swirling in his mind right now. If this Void is also a time traveler it is not a good thing for Azief.

Though he did not experience time travel like Loki he knows something about Time. His attributes are also Time.

Using that attributes enables him to slow Time at certain moment but when the people he fought is someone that at his own level it proves harder for that to work.

When space and Time distorted with each punch it messes with the Time causing Time Dilation and Time Distortion making his attributes of Time could not fully be utilized.

It is why he rarely uses such attributes when fighting someone close to his level.

It does not like being messed around with and the Price that needed to be paid for such thing must be steep.

There seems to be an endless problem that awaited him. He looks at Loki and it is weird, but Azief knows that in this world, other than Katarina, the one that understood him the most….is this boy.

What a weird life he lives!

It is why when he is with Loki he did not mind too much about talking about his plans and his thoughts.

Then he said to Loki

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Ending it with a cliffhanger. Anyway, hope you all like the second part of the chapter. Give some votes and leave some comments. Ciao for now.