Lord Shadow

Chapter 1696: The Thing Keeping It All Together

He is like a God

Sitting on his throne, on the highest seat in Pandemonim, like a guardian deity that would not move unless you begin prodding him.

Commitment to justice? No, justice is what he decides. Is it fair? No. But he did not force anyone to come to Pandemonium. He did not instruct people to build cities, ports, villages, houses in these lands.

They chose to live under him. And since they chose it, they must pay the price.

Because there is nothing in this world that does not have its price.

In the city, there is also guards. Most of them are in Seed Forming realm.

They usually are armed with weapons that could restrain Disk Formation leveler.

Anyone of higher realm than that, you better just run or quickly inform someone else who have more authority to handle the matter.

Patrolling the streets is easier before the expansion of the world.

Now, after the expansion certain energy would tamper with the AI assisted drones that used to patrol the cities.

Even the Order of Thinker did not know how to solve these matters that affect the energy core in the AI assisted drones

Hence, the city had to hire actual guards. Though, they are supplied with enchanted armor, other magical artefacts, whether it be swords, spears, or custom guns.

Because of the special nature of Pandemonium, the population of Pandemonium is very diverse. There is Asian, Caucasian, Africans, Arabs, and many more.

And when they come to this land, they add their unique talents to the land.

The streets of Pandemonium is always alive.

There is all kinds of language being spoken, there is all kinds of music and there is always something to explore.

There is also all kinds of food and all kinds of brews of coffee. It is said that Death Monarch likes coffee.

And because of that coffee business is booming in Pandemonium. Some even tell tall stories of how Death Monarch come in the guise of an old wanderer and drink coffee in their establishment, hoping for them to become rich.

The story become more and more embellished and it seems more like a folktales

Like story of old Gods honouring hospitality.

Pandemonium is like this because of Death Monarch. It prospers. It is peaceful. When He sits there on His throne, it felt like nothing could destroy Pandemonium.

Pandemonium is a utopian haven, where the boundaries between the mundane and the mystical blur, leaving all who enter captivated by the enchanting allure of this magical metropolis.

Because of Death Monarch.

So, when Death Monarch is rumoured to not be on Earth, there is this kind of unease. The world powers are eyeing them. The contenders for the world powers is also eyeing Pandemonium.

They might not do anything. But if Death Monarch absence continues, there is a chance that an accident might happen.

And if that accident involves the new four pillars of the world, then how should Pandemonium reassert itself without Death Monarch?

Will the peace be broken? Is it time for a new war?

The people are tired and the world needs a break

In a private room, there is a woman standing near a window.

She look outside the window.

And her eyes look at the clouds in the distance, seeing some of the griffins that is hanging out near the spire tower and on some of the roof of the Centre Palace.

She sighed. ”Our Lord did not yet return. Sasha...do you still have no news?”

The one who is talking is a man with Asian features wearing a black armour and his eyes is sharp and his voice is deep.

He is sitting in front of the large round oak table.

This person is none other than Wang Jian.

There is also Athena and Freya.

This is Sasha office. She did not face Wang Jian instead she is looking at the scenery outside the window

She could see the prosperous city just out of the window of her office. She could see the spires and the floating abodes.

Below the palace, she could also see the market, full of people, the sound of the market did not reach to the palace of course, but Sasha could imagine how the market sound would look like.

Pandemonium is nothing like in the past. It is very vibrant now and its people have developed a certain fondness for Pandemonium and the peace it provides.

But even though everything looks well from a distance, but Sasha who heard the report knows things is not as it seems

The question that people ask her still lingers in the air. And then she shakes her head and answer that question ”I got nothing. I have sent all of my people to scour the entire world. There is nothing”

She turns around to look at the people inside his room.

And she could not help but sigh.

It has been a month since then. Since Death Monarch break through, everyone had expected that he would return to Pandemonium and assume the helm of power.

But suddenly, Death Monarch disappeared.

The only reason why they did not rush to the conclusion that he is out of earth is because Hikigaya and Jean both had told her that Death Monarch was planning to discuss the matter of the Ten Realms with them

They reasoned that Death Monarch look at this matter seriously and he would not abscond to another world at this moment.

Of course, that is not enough to make Sasha feel confident that Death Monarch did not leave. She needed more assurance and Jean assured her.

Jena could sense the Multiversal breach, if there is one. And while there is breaches all over the world, none of them is Death Monarch.

There is another possibility and that is with Death Monarch current realm right now, if he wanted to goes out of Earth and did not want anyone to know, no one would know.

But that possibility is low.

And that is why Sasha is worried.

Did Death Monarch fall into some predicament? But if itʼs a predicament then why is there no sign at all?

Is he still on Earth? Or is he in some kind of adventure. Regardless of what Death Monarch is doing or not doing, his absence has created some kind of uncertainty all over the world ”the sentiment of the people....is not good right now” Wang Jian said. Sasha did not answer but judging from her face expression, she clearly does not like hearing it ”It is because of the world powers” ”There is Boris trying to regain back his power in the Senate. Jean is already patient enough. And he doesnʼt want to clash with Katarina. If Boris was any other man, Jean probably would have killed him already” Sasha mutters ”The Republic problem is not our problem” Athena said, her eyes lazily looking at Sasha. ”What are you going to do Sasha? That throne is not yours. Our Lord has returned. But he did not return to Pandemonium.” It is Freya that ask this question ”You could not convince us. Nor could you convince the people behind us. Sina faction is already looking at you weird” ”Before you could make them listen to you because everyone knows that Death Monarch left you in charge on some things. Everyone at that time knows that Death Monarch is in seclusion. That did not mean that they trust you. Or trust your judgement. They trusted the person who gave you that power.....and now, he is not here” ”So, they are no longer convinced”

Sasha sighed.

The governance of Pandemonium has always been weird. This is probably because Death Monarch tendency not to meddle that much.

Yet, when he is angered, the Shadow Guards will act like a sword and eradicate this nuisance for him.

With force that akin to God, one could understand why people follows Death Monarch almost religiously.

You could not hide from him.

And if you manage to hide from him, that means he is simply letting you hide it from him

Hence, there is this weird phenomenon.

As long as Death Monarch is there, the governance of Pandemonium is smooth like flowing water. Natural, smooth and clean.

The force and awe of Death Monarch alone is enough to deter wrongdoers.

But once he is not there, then all kinds of problems began popping up. Not only in

Pandemonium, also in the world.

The past serves as an example. When Death Monarch is not there, the Crime Alliance popped up with great momentum and quickly expands.

Why? Because when Death Monarch is there, they did not dare to show their face.

They hide their heads and they hide their trace. Instead, they consolidate their power, waiting for the moment to come out.

And once they come out, all of that pent up energy, all of those preparations allow them to quickly rivals even that of the world powers.

And now, they are beaten once again and probably if there is a ranking leader board somewhere, Crime Alliance which rose to the top five force in the world probably is now out of the top ten powers.

That is the power of Death Monarch. He did not need to care so much about the world affairs because if he wanted to he could easily change the world affairs.

Even old enemies had chosen to side with Pandemonium and the Three Great Powers, Pandemonium, the Republic and the World Government now share interest

But the difference between the three great powers is that Pandemonium would not hesitate to cut off the connection if Death Monarch decided to do so.

It is not so easy for the Republic and the World Government to cut off Pandemonium >>