Lord Shadow

Chapter 1745: An Honest Life

The blue crystal, whatever is contained inside it, Azief is quite sure that he would find it shocking

Things that the Etherna touches, none of them is a normal thing

Whatever it is, it must be precious. He needs to find a place where he could seclude himself and connect all the dots.

And there is a lot of dots that needs to be connected

There was Borgan with her cryptic words and meanings.

That alone would take time. Then there is the blue crystal.

There is the ten rings.

There are times when he feel a kind of resonance between him and the ring. And that resonance is getting stronger.

Even more so after he met Borgan.

Maybe, because he now knows how the ring was created.

And for whom it was created

And knowing it, some speculation also rises in his mind. He does not yet know where this speculation would lead.

But if itʼs like anything else in his life, the conclusion of this speculation would surely not be too his liking

Azief sighed inwardly. There is his personal problem and then there is the problem of the world. In the past the problem of the world would make him helpless because he could not do anything to change it.

But now, he could change it. However, when he is at this place, he found out that even if he could change many things, problems of the world would still pop up

It is an endless struggle. And Azief has learned to accept that. When it comes to the problems of the world, it could not be perfect.

There is still many problems in the world but it is unrealistic to solve it all in a day.

Because the problem of the world usually come from the people of the world. As long as people have desire, conflict and clashing could not be stopped

Unless you pluck all desire from their hearts then and only then Order would be established. But without desire life is not fun.

It is very hard.

To eliminate all chaos and all dissatisfaction, one must not have any desire. But not having any desire means not being able to go forward.

Or back.

There is nothing in the heart so there is nothing to achieve and nothing to regret.

But... is that life?

A life that is stagnant where nothing ever happens and there is nothing that makes any moves.

There is no regret but there is also no good things

That kind of life....is life? At least it is not to him. And it not life to many people.

So, Azief simply want to tackle the problem that he have one by one. If he think too much, he might forget some important details.

Azief look again at the moon in the distance and then he said ”I thought to spend a few more years inside this land but five years together with me.... was not bad, right?”

Azief said as he looks at Katarina.

Katarina only snorted. Azief only smiles. He could tell now. Now, after five years he could tell when she is really angry and when she is dissatisfied.

Katarina right now is just dissatisfied. And she probably also has complicated feeling to leave this place.

But every banquet has an end. And it now time to end this banquet. ”You complain before that I never spend time with you. Now, I spend all my five years with you. I hope I earned some rewards”

Katarina hearing this could not keep being angry at him.

So, she could only chuckle a bit even though she tries to hide her chuckle. Then she went silent and she looks at him.

The eyes...is the window to the soul

And she is not hiding her feeling.

And so, Azief could tell.

It is painfully obvious. That it is always sad when it is time to part. A parting between lovers is always a sad occasion.

So, she does the only thing she could do now.

She holds his hand.

And Azief smiles. This alone keep his heart calm.

For the people Outside, only five months had passed. But for Azief and Katarina, in this

Untainted Land, they have spent five years with each other.

They hunt together and sleep together in the same house.

Azief would till the field and Katarina when she is bored would go out of the barrier and check on the world for him.

Azief could always mobilize Sasha but he did not want to know too much.

Knowing too much would make him want to enter the matter. And once he enters the matters, the matters would always inevitably become complicated

Because his existence is the complication of the world. And any matter he wade into would always become the entire world matters.

So, Azief and Katarina spend five years like this.

It is a pity that most of the Untainted Land is still full of wilderness.

There is still many monsters and many dangerous zones and places that defies the natural law of the world.

It is not really a place where he could date around in peace with Katarina.

Since Azief has limited his power and had his power drained by the two avatars, Azief is quite weak.

Most of the time, Katarina had to be the one that escorts him to many places

Azief was actually planning to seclude himself in this land. But sometime plans has to bow toward the reality.

And the reality is without him, these dark forces began to have some ideas.

Katarina did not have to say much but it is true that after the world powers release their grasp from the three continents they used to inhabits, that unscrupulous people began to think that the world powers has lost their ability to look over the world

And that is actually true. With how large the earth is, it is really hard keeping track on their own territories.

It would never be like before where the seven world powers could surveil the world

But maybe this is better in the long run.

Azief do not want the people of the world to be oppressed by the seven world powers. The world powers should protect humanity and not oppress them

And most of the world power agree with this kind of approach. Even Hirate who likes power and influence also knows his role and also know the line.

However even though the world powers could not scan the entire world, the world knows that

Azief could do it.

They did not need to know that Azief no longer has the strength to do it in this point of time.

As long as they didnʼt know his true condition just him returning to Pandemonium would deter these forces from doing thing that they should not do. ”I will protect you” Katarina spoke

Azief shakes his head with a smile ”If you are protecting me that is basically showing to the world that there is something wrong about me. There is no need to do that. I still have a trace of the Essence Creation avatar power in me. Earth does not yet have any other Essence Creation leveler. And even in the Universe, an Essence Creation realm equivalent is rare. It would not be like there is always enemies attacking Earth”

Katarina however still is not satisfied with it.

Azief could only assure him and when midnight came, Azief simply pick her up and bring her to their bed and goes to sleep

She tries to struggle. But Azief only laughed. If she really didnʼt like it, with how powerful she is, she could easily escape from him.

Instead, she coyly said she didnʼt like it. But she did not fly anywhere else. Instead, she follows him into the bed.

And Azief could not help but laugh at this. Like always they sleep beside each other. Azief close his eyes and he sleeps peacefully that night.

In the morning, the sound of the rooster wake him up. It was just dawn and as Azief come out of the hut he look at the large rooster near his field.

This rooster is the same size as an ostrich. It looks at his field and Azief simply shakes his head ”Shoo. Go away!” Azief waves his hand and a gust of wind flew out from his hand. And this alone is enough to scare the rooster away. ”Fortunately, even though it has become bigger, it is still as cowardly as ever” Azief then look at the field and nodded and he smiles like he is proud of what the field has become. ”This place has a fertility unlike any other” he thought to himself before looking back at the mud hut.

Katarina get up a few minutes later and when she sees Azief is not there, she employs her Divine Sense and when she senses Azief is outside of the house, she takes a step and appears beside Azief

Now, that they were about to leave there is no need to hide too much power

The moment Katarina touches the peak of the Disk Formation realm power, she could feel the restriction around her suddenly become even stronger.

Katarina took one step and she is now beside Azief. And she looks at Azief looking at the mud house and she could not understand ”Do you want me to destroy it?”

Azief shakes his head.

Then he smiles ”There is fate and destiny attached to this house. I calculate someday that this house would help someone. Let it stay here”

Katarina hearing this narrows her eyes ”That is not a good thing, right?” Azief hearing her words chuckles

But he did not answer.

And since he did not answer, Katarina could guess the answer. >>