Lord Shadow

On the third steps is the Runic Law Body. Azief smiles as he arrived at the third steps. The last time when he was walking these steps powerful pressure bearing down on him.

But now, as he walks it there is only a feeling of peace, like he was strolling around his backyard.

But that is not why he is smiling. It is because he felt grateful to the one who gives him the opportunity to form this Disk.

He himself never truly went to the Eight Realms of Asgard. What he knew about Asgard is relatively simple and relatively unimportant facts and trivial knowledge

He knows that it is not quite like what he had imagined.

The stories of Norse mythology he once heard or read are nothing like the real Asgard. Some of the events in the Prose Edda did happens but it did not happen exactly like the story tellers said it happens.

And it is not The Nine Realms but Eight realms. For some reason, Asgard did not claim Midgard, or Earth as one of its dominion, like there is a prohibition against it or something

Azief knew he did not know many things in the Universe yet. He knew there are still many mysteries that still not uncovered and hidden

But he heard whispers.

Of Elder of the Universe.

Of Wargod and his broken star Interium. Of Merchants of War, the Sarens, the marauding space pirates the V’likrarian and many others

The runic energy is the energy from Alsurt and it is one debt he would never forget. Even after years had passed and he had change his surrounding, he did not forget that wise Old Jotun, trapped in a prison of stars chaining him

The moment he steps on the third steps, the atmosphere and the surrounding around him changed.

It was like he was stepping into another world

If the second steps are full of Universal energy dancing around the Universal Law Body, on the third steps, countless runes could be seen floating all around the steps and they danced like they are soap bubbles swaying wherever the wind blows them, each one of these runes seems to contain the true meaning of thing and truths

He walked forward and he is tempted to check his eternal ring. One of his ring is called Ring of Runic Creation.

Azief even until now wonder what kind of person that once wore these rings. He did not forget the look Azul gave him when he saw the ring on his finger.

The Ring of Runic Creation is a magical and wondrous ring that could create magical runes.

Azief was lucky that there are no powerful beings that notice that ring. Azul at that time notice the ring but he didn’t need the ring and not to mention it seems the ring belong to his friend.

Each time there is some new runes he could use from the ring, he would find a tattooist, a class of people who could imbue images into one skin and increase one strength.

But for him, he always imbues the runes that he had inside his skin.

Fortunately, the effect is permanent and no matter how terrible his body was destroyed, the runic tattoo that he had embedded inside his skin, would always formed back

He had a lot of runes. There is Eolh the Rune of Protection.

Other than that he had the Aesir rune. It is the rune of knowledge, wisdom, and communication. it is also the rune of prophecy and revelation.

It is why he sometime have premonition of something. It’s like it gave him a divine sense that is quite different than a Divine Sense that scans enemies and friend.

It is a Divine Sense regarding one fates and destinies.

He had Beorc. The rune of Rebirth and fertility. Runes of Daerg. The runes of a new dawn.

Uhur the rune of will. Raidho the rune of speed. Kanaan, the rune of mortality and pain.

Haglaz, the rune of chaos. Aergliso the rune means be destroyed. He could even combined runes to create more powerful runes that could be inscribed, on weapons and clothing.

The suit that he gave Sina was carved chock full of it. Sina out of the four I the weakest which is why she was the most protected in Pandemonium.

He sighed as he thinks of all this. Runes are the one thing he is not proficient at. If not for the fact that he had the Eternal rings he would not even be able to use runes and uses it to strengthen himself

Is his luck good or is his luck bad? He thought to himself. He saw the distance between him and his Runic Law Body and he just smiles.

He thought of it and then he arrived only a few steps from his Runic Law Body

Azief just like before come in front of the Runic Law Body gigantic body. On its body, all over from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, the skin was carved with runes.

Each rune that is carved into the body seems to interconnect with each other, none of them directly counteracted each other, creating a synergy of energy that seems to be enable for all these different Law Body to harmonize with the other law Body.

However, as Azief come closer to the body, he notices something.

And his eyes widened

All of that runic carving he saw carved into the body seems different when he comes closer. It is like an optic illusion.

He takes a step back and he saw the carving but when he takes a step forward closer, he saw only one rune carved on his chest. It is a rune shaped straight like a sword

Unbending, unyielding and eternal. Azief don’t know why he thinks like that but that was the feeling he felt when he saw that rune

And he could sense the extraordinary power that rune seems to possess. Like the Law body before him, the Runic Law Body also infuse the comprehension of the sword into that one single rune.

It was like the accumulation of comprehension of all the sword arts in the Universe is contained inside that one simple rune.

What is rune? He thought as he come just in front of the feet of his Runic Law Body

Is it just words? Ancient words that contains magical properties?

Or is it a way to store information?

A way to transmit information?

Or to relay thing that could not be expressed by simple words, to relay and give information that seems to be lacking vocabulary in languages to express some things and concepts that surpass the limitation of words and languages?

‘If these runes were embedded in a weapon it could become a divine armament, if it is embedded in an essence of energy like a Law Body it enables the Law Body to turn into a weapon.’ He said and then he understands why he understand these words and why he suddenly gets this knowledge out of nowhere

Because the Law body will become one with him later.

The closer he came to the Law Body, the deeper the understanding.

The reasons why he did not see the rune shaped straight like a sword before, is because he is far.

The closer he came, the deeper the understanding he had of runes so when he come closer he could see beyond the superficial essence of the Runic Law Body.

He smiles and then embraces it. There is no longer an explosion this time.

This time the Runic Law body take a step forward and turns into motes of light that flew calmly and gently and enter Azief body.

It was like a spring breeze that blows around him

Azief now understand. The stronger he became, and the more he understands the laws, the easier it is to absorb them

Understanding flashes inside his mind about runes and he smiles as he did not linger around and take the next step to the forth steps

The third steps crumbles almost immediately the moment he takes that step and another string latched itself onto him.

Three strings had latched itself onto Azief body, a thread of Karma and there are three steps that have been ruined, something that have never happened since the beginning of time.

Azief enter the Divine Compression level, Earthly realm. His power surges like never before.

It is not something he could simply explain with words.