Lord Shadow

‘Loki, you know that I am leaving right?’

Loki nodded solemnly. Azief shakes his head and then said with a helpless expression

‘You know; I always don’t know what to do about you. I have been thinking about this for a long time but I still don’t have any answers’

Loki coughed again. Azief eyes shows concern for the kid.

‘If you are not my friends, if you are not someone I regarded as my little brother, you know I would have not let you live this long right? It would be impossible considering my personality. You would be dead buried six feet under…or turns into dust’

Loki nodded calmly and then he said

‘You do know that your personality sucked right?’ Loki said that in matter of factly. Azief only sneered at Loki taunts

‘Well, I know that better than you. But that is like pot calling the kettle black’ Loki laughed and he felt his rib contracts and he winces in pain but he could not help but to have the last word

‘Doesn’t change the fact that the pot and the kettle is quite different in design’ Azief only sighed seeing that Loki never wanted to lose an argument

Then Azief asked Loki, staring him right at the eyes with a bit of exasperation reflected in his gaze

‘Tell me. What should I do with you, little brother?’ He sighed again and closes his eyes.

‘As the older brother couldn’t you just support me?’ Loki ask as he smile sincerely. Azief opens his eyes and saw Loki smile.

But Azief knows better.

That is not a sincere smile. That is the smile Loki used when he wanted to persuade someone to do things for him

Azief closes his eyes and thinks about many things. His thoughts went to many places but in the end it swirls around the complex relationship he has with Loki.

He thought Loki as his younger brother and Loki thought of him as his older brother. But that what makes it so hard.

Then after only a second he opens his eyes.

‘The thing about you that I felt most disturbing is I never knew about where you stand. I do not know your endgame plan. And that fills me with unease. Like you, I also don’t like it when I don’t know something’

Loki smirk. It is ironic really. Loki is the one person that understand Azief the most in the world. He might even understand Azief better than Katarina.

But it is also true for Loki. The one that probably understand Loki the most in the world is probably Azief.

Azief continued

‘I still remember what you said to me. You said I would destroy this Universe. That word is still stuck on my head. Yet, you still help me. You aid me in my quest for power and strength. It seems contradictory. You said I would end the Universe. The logical and most rational decision is to kill me before I grow. Now, even if you wanted to kill me you can’t. Not unless you have any other things inside your sleeve. Which I knew you have a lot hidden in that sleeve of yours. The thing is why did you never use it?’

Loki sighed.

‘You do understand why I couldn’t reveal the future too much, right?’

‘Because it will affect the picture you wanted?’ Azief ask. Azief after all understood a few things about the machinations of Time and Destiny and Fate.

He does not understand all of it but he understands enough.

He saw Six lives in the saber and have six fates and destinies. Because of that he got enlightened on a few understanding of Time, Destiny and Fate

Loki only smile weakly. Azief sighed.

Azief is silent as he thinks for a while. He deiced to shelve the discussion for later. Then he asks

‘How did Void do this to you? Is he that powerful?’ Azief ask.

This is the first time he shows interest in the man called Void. Loki shake his head and there is a bitter expression on his face.

‘Truth be told; he is not strong at all. Compared to me and even the other shining heroes of this era, he is weak and not powerful at all. Surprising isn’t it?’

This statement made Azief felt perplexed

‘If he is weak, how did he be able to fight you. Even though you just entered Disk Formation, you still have many tricks. How could you easily be beaten by him then?’

Loki answered

‘His damage output is not something remarkable. But it is his ability that make him almost practically invincible. Especially against people that is stronger than him. The more powerful they are, the more powerful he would become and the weaker his enemies would be’

‘What do you mean by that?’

‘There is a reason his name is Void. He voids any energy. You have what…. eight or nine Disk right now right?’

Azief nodded. He is not that surprised that Loki could sense how many Disk he has. He did channel his energies inside Loki body so it is not surprising that he could sense that

‘All of that Disk is formed from energy right?’ Azief nodded again

Loki scoffed and then said

‘In front of him that energy is void. Any punch, any bolstering force that powered your attack will be rendered void. In front of him you are nothing but normal mortal. The moment I come into proximity with him I turned into a nine-year-old kid. I nearly got beaten to death while running away’

Azief hearing this was shocked. Then he nodded like he understands something

‘No wonder. Now I understand why my force could not heal you’ Loki nodded. However, Azief rebuke by saying

‘But…I still have my physical body’

Loki nodded and said

‘True……but do you want to bet that your physical body is not supplied by the energy of the Universe that made it able to become so invincible. What if you come into contact with him and he activated his abilities and your body returns to normal? I don’t think you want to die under a person who could not even kick and punch properly’

Azief however after listening to Void ability seems not that interested anymore.

‘It doesn’t matter. I know my body the best. I won’t lose’

Loki sighed. And Azief take a breath. He seems to be contemplating something and putting the talk about Void on the back of his mind

Looking at Loki, it is like Loki is egging him on to fight Void. It is why he felt weird and strange. If Void is really such a big deal he would have long known about him.

That is why Azief need to make this clear to Loki. What he said to Loki after the Massacre of the Island of Peace is not just some empty words.

He means it.

He could no longer just let Loki do whatever he wanted. Loki wanted to protects the future. Azief however wanted to protect the present.

His present.

After all, if the present does not exist, then the future will also not exist. He would not be someone who sacrifices the present for the sake of some unknown future.

It might sound irresponsible but to move forward without hesitation, without fear, that is how one should live their lives.

If you think about the future and where it ends, or where you might ultimately end, then maybe because fearing of that future, one could not take even a step.

But if one has to high of an expectation for the future, then one would feel to rushed to reach there which would change one future.

The wisest way, is to take one step forward and think only about the now.

Because the now is the accumulation of past decision and the seed for the future path.

‘Is this the other reason you came here? I know you came here expecting for protection. I gave that to you. But If you think that I would help you in your scheme, I won’t. I know whatever you are doing right now must have relation with your grand cause’

‘I won’t help you. If you still want to do things your way, don’t expect my help in doing it’ Azief sternly said. Loki only chuckles

‘Helping me is also helping you’ Then he shakes his head and corrected his word

‘No, helping you might be helping myself. Killing two birds with one stone. Our interest is aligned this time.’

Azief only snorted as he looks at Loki smiles.

‘But who would get caught in the crossfire of your plots?’ Loki knows Azief is still mad at him for putting Wang Jian and Sofia in his schemes before.

Loki sighed and then said

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Third part of the chapter. Anyway, hope you all like the chapter and leave some comments and vote for the story. It seems so desolate in the comment section

Hmmm…..