Lord Shadow

Chapter 426: The first step (1)

The sky was white.

The blue sky was replaced with a white expanse. And in the middle of that expanse is a step of stairs that seems to extend infinitely to outer space

It was floating there on the sky and release tremendous pressure.

There are some people in seclusion who already reached Disk Formation that try to fly to the stairway after Death Monarch step on it.

But to their shock and amazement, they found out that no matter how they fly upwards, the stairs seems to be getting further and further away from them.

To their eyes it looks like it was near them but the moment they arrived at that stairway, they would found out that it is farther away.

It was like an unattainable height.

That stairway only appears in Pandemonium but to some people who have reached high level in their attainment and understanding of the Disk they also see this stairway.

Some people know that this fortune is not for them so they do not fly to the sky to make a fool out of themselves.

Some thought that they could at least bask in the aura of the stairway.

Others thought that there might be a chance for them to get something out of this or maybe get a streak of enlightenment like Hikigaya did when he saw the Wheel of Reincarnation

Hirate who was at the Island of Peace saw the stairway just ten meters in front of him but he did not walk towards it.

Because he knows the moment he did that, the stairway would appear upward and farther and farther away no matter how far he chased it.

It is an illusion created by the stairway

Jean, Oreki, Raymond all the people that have high attainment in their Disk Formation and outside of Pandemonium saw it.

Of course the people in Pandemonium no matter how high their attainment in Disk Formation, they would only see only one stairway.

The reason was because that stairway in Pandemonium is the true stairway that leads to the Supreme Dimension and as such even though Katarina and Sofia is at high level of attainment in their Disk Formation they did not see any other stairway appearing in front of them

The whole world was shocked to see the stairs.

In a cave in Japan, a person waved his hand inside the cave and a projection of his existences appear outside, looking at the stairway.

This person is none other than Hikigaya. He looks at the stairs in the sky calmly, his eyes seem to have six ring circling his pupils.

Supremacy Stairway.

Even though he doesn’t know everything about the Path that Death Monarch is embarking he did know a little about the Stairway.

A stairway that only shows itself to those who walk the Perfection Path. Hikigaya only smiles. He looks toward the sea.

‘Now that the person that holds the reigns to all the monster in the world is gone, I expect the world will be a more interesting place’ he smiles and then he laughs.

His word reveals his true thoughts.

Hikigaya always felt that the deterrence of Death Monarch has kept the world largely at peace. He is a terrifying existence but also a calming existence.

If those criminal could be considered as a monster, then Death Monarch is the granddaddy of them all. He eats small monster for breakfast

No one knows what will set him off so many people just lay low when it is about Death Monarch.

Death Monarch himself rarely express his desire and intention which makes his motivation a mystery and kept people guessing

That unpredictability of his work in his favor which cultivated this personality of Death Monarch that seems to do everything and anything he wanted whenever he wanted it

Like a storm he came and he destroy. Sometimes he did not even give any explanation why he did the things he did.

Raymond was strong but he did not have that aura of deterrence like Death Monarch. Raymond is a nice guy and he could be negotiated with.

Not Death Monarch.

He is resilient in his pursuit of his own justice and of right and wrong. And resilient is just another word for stubborn.

Hirate and many other figures of the world as they saw Death Monarch step on that stairs and about to depart they know that the current condition of the world when he levees will be turbulent.

The article of the world distribution and the continuing cooperation between the Seven Great Powers will be more crucial going forward.

Hikigaya was not the only one looking at this phenomenon.

All over the world, everyone is looking at the stairway glittering with light like it was the stairway to Heaven and they were all in awe

Loki is in the Centre Palace when he saw the Stairway appearing. He himself was awe at the sight.

‘I guess one of your regret is resolved’ Loki said smiling looking at that tiny figure on top of the steps of the stairway.

He once saw the Supremacy Stairway when he became Sovereign and was stranded on an empty Universe.

He saw the Stairway but he could not step on it.

At that time even though Azief has become Sovereign he had regret of rushing his breakthrough and not perfecting his Disk.

He just said he had no luck

At that time, he was the enemy of the World government and was hunted by the agents of the World government so he had no chance but to abandon the Perfection Path and breakthrough to Disk Formation to defeat those who were sent to kill him

He did not even have the chance to form his Undying Physique and of course the path to Perfection was broken. He was not like the him today.

When he became Death God, Azief seek the Supremacy Stairway.

At that time, he of course could walk the Supremacy Stairway but it had no effect or to be more precise the stairway did not react to him.

Azief told him these when he visited his Heaven.

Today, the future did not go like that.

Not only that, he also was not oppressed by the World Government and was not hunted by them.

Instead it was the World Government that had to fear that they would be hunted by Death Monarch

Clearly the future has changed since not only he had break through that shackle, the future that Loki is treading right now, while certainly have similarity with his own timeline it is slowly changing to become a brand new story

And that is good for him right now. The plan he and Hirate and Sofia of the future concocted are all slowly coming into fruition.

Loki sigh and said to himself

‘Whether this change is good or bad…. hmm…Even I am not sure. I just hope you don’t die’

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First part of this chapter and we will begin exploring those character like Wargod, Yu Wang, Azul( dont forget Azul still owe Azief Three Deeds) and many others that had their Karma asscoaited with Azief.

Azul did not forget hsi promise to Alsurt to release him when he is strong. But hey, I would not spouil too much. Enjoy this chapter first and see you tomorrow