Lord Shadow

The world is run by the Three Great Powers and their policy. Those who are not under any of the Three Great Power have to fend for themselves with Poland as the exception.

There is a few name thrown around to manage Asia with the Wei dynasty is in the lead. There is also the Lotus Army that is active in the Asian region.

In Asia there is a lot of factions just like any other continent. With the Three Great Powers supporting one faction to rule the land, Death Monarch is actually delegating and easing the burden of the Three Great Powers.

Like Death Monarch said before, just because there is new power rising the Three Great Power is till the Three Great Powers. The more things changed, the more it stayed the same.

There is one name written under the Asia continent.

The Lotus Order.

It seems that Death Monarch has already decided to give the continent of Asia to Lotus Order to manage.

In the Article it said that internal war is allowed but no external war among the Seven Powers. Anything one is dissatisfied about, one must call upon a World Meeting to discuss any issues.

Anyone that declared war to one of the other great powers must be prepared to f ace the wrath of the other six powers.

Then there is Africa continent.

Africa is full with World Government influence and with this Article it would remove any external agents of World Government from the continent.

Death Monarch effectively cut of any powers that the World Government had on Africa.

For the one to rule Africa it seem that it will be ruled by a conglomerations of factions in Africa.

Fifty-four factions decided to unite together or to be more accurate forced to unite together with the pressure of the Three Great Powers breathing on their necks.

Death Monarch wrote on the bottom of the African continent map, African Alliance.

And when Raymond reached North America he smiles a bit.

‘So, we control North America. Guess we have to move our island closer to North Pacific Ocean’

Hirate nodded and smiles bitterly

‘Probably because he knows that you are an American and once become the King of America. Though we will have to call back our people in the other parts of the world. ‘

Raymond just scoffed at that old title.

And then when Raymond look at who would control South America he laughed.

‘He sure has weird sense of humor, that Death Monarch’

The reasons why Raymond is laughing is because the one that is to be ruling South America which also have the Amazon Forest, the one of the most fertile and dangerous forest in the world right now with unique monsters making it their home is ruled by none other than League of Freedom.

Raymond knows that for some reason known to him and the rest of the upper echelons of the World Government, the League of Freedom hated the World Government.

He could see Death Monarch intention

He wanted to make sure that the World Government will not have time to focused on Pandemonium and instead had to worry about the enemy beside them

It seems from the notes by Death Monarch, League of Freedom have a lot of influence in South America and have been building a base of power there since they were founded.

Antarctica which is the coldest continent in the world, completely covered with ice is no longer like that.

From what news that travelers and ships sailing the seas they told people that there is weird kind of tree that sprouted from the ice.

There are also many other weird things that seems to emerge from the ground of the ice filled lands.

It is a tree of crystals.

It is probably the least inhabited continent in the world. But there is lack of monsters there and the cold is bearable for even Pillar Forming levelers.

Raymond look at the one to be appointed to the ruler of that area and when he saw the name Raymond thinks Death Monarch make the best choice.

Antarctica while that place has little to no threat is also not a great place to attract people to come.

But Death Monarch is giving this continent to the Order of Thinkers.

Those people would not think too much about repopulating the continent but they could surely use their ability to transform the land.

They are also in the dark. Death Monarch probably use this appointment as bait to force them out into the open.

Though Raymond must admit this development is something that even the World Government wants. They always felt uneasy because of these group of secret societies that seems to know more than they do

It could also help to transform Antarctica into a land of knowledge.

Then there is Europe.

And this large continent is given to the Republic. Boris must be laughing in glee right now in Moscow.

While the Republic had to let go of their other influence in the Middle East and India and China, they now have full control of Europe with the exclusion of Poland

Poland will maintain their own rule and could choose to obey or refuse any orders from any of the seven powers except if that orders come from pandemonium.

But Pandemonium have always been known to not care about any other things outside Pandemonium.

And of course the Australia continent is already being renamed to Pandemonium with Death Monarch ruling over it

It is the least populated continent before the Fall but after the Fall droves and droves of people would sails the seas and fly through the sky to reach Pandemonium and live there.

Raymond put down the Articles and just skimmed through the rules about the composition of army allowed in a war.

‘So, this is what he is planning. Seven separate powers to rule over the seven continent as guardians and nurturer’

Hirate nodded and then he said

‘The continent of Asia will be ruled by the Lotus Order. The African continent will be ruled by the African Alliance. North America will be ruled by the World Government. North America will be ruled by League of Freedom. Antarctica will be ruled by the Order of Thinkers. Europe will be ruled by the Republic. And the Australian continent will be ruled by Pandemonium’

Hirate said closing his eyes

‘Seven continent. Seven bloc of power’ Raymond nodded and he thought to himself.

‘A new world order’

Hirate then lean back on his chair and said without excitement

‘These appointments will be backed by the prestige of the Three Great Powers. And our job is to send these letter of appointment to these factions and become the first line enforcers of these laws. Thinking that Boris would be so happy when he receives these news, makes me feel quite disturbed’

Hirate is clearly not relishing his old rivals feeling happy.

But Raymond smiles

‘In the end, the Three Great Power is still the Three Great Powers’ Hirate nodded. At least he agreed with this statement.

After all, even if they relocated, their numbers still surpassed the other. The same could be said for Pandemonium and the Republic.

‘When will we give this news?’ Raymond asked Hirate. Hirate answered

‘When the Emissary of Death Monarch arrives then we will talk about this together. I am also curios who Pandemonium send’

There are not many things they had to say after that and they resumed their talk about other matters of the World Government.

The World Government might seem to hold the impression that its directive and decision is hold by the Quorum members.

That is true…. but things changed after the coup by Pandikar. While the Quorum still handles those issue, secretly these two direct it from behind the scene.

It gave them a lot of control but restrict other decision even without them knowing it.

Many times after the coup, that the decision of these two decided the common goals of the World Government.

They debated about the Orvanians and how to handle that issue, the long seclusion of Hikigaya and the suspicious activity of Oreki and then as they talked about this thing inside the room someone announced from the outside of the room

‘Announcing the arrival of the Emissary of Pandemonium’ The announcer ancient it in such a grand and loud voice that Raymond almost got startled.

Hirate and Raymond hearing this announcement quickly stop their conversation and then Hirate orders the guards outside the room with mental telepathy

‘Invite the Emissary in’

Slowly the large and tall door is opened and a woman appeared with a sheathed sword on her right side.

She strides through the long road to the table. She has that trace of a great warrior and yet at the same time she is graceful.

Her white dress and her white sword look extremely fit with each other.

‘Ah’ Hirate recognized the woman that enter the room. He got up from his seat and began to walk to her.

‘An old face’ he said as he comes forward to greet her

‘It has been a long time since I see you’ Even Raymond got up and he started walking to her. he also recognizes the woman.

Raymond walk to that woman and looking at her alone he smiles bitterly. He still remembers when she used to walk with her friends and sisters.

How grand their entrance was.! How heroic!

But the years have not been easy for her. It has been hard on everyone.

When he arrives in front of her, they look at each other and they share a look. They met before. Though it was on a different circumstance.

‘It is a pity what happens to your sisters. They were great people and the world will not forget their sacrifice. I know I wouldn’t’

The woman only smiles perfunctorily and said

‘It has been quite a long time since then. Now, the world is at peace. I know they would be happy to hear you praise them. During the invasion we were all comrades in arms. It is a pity that after the war, thing reverts to be the same’

Hirate chuckles and said

‘The more things change, the more they stay the same’ The woman nodded.

‘Let me introduce myself formally’

The woman said.

‘I am Somi the Emissary of Pandemonium on behalf of Death Monarch to make sure the Article of Distribution and its terms and rules is enacted and accomplished.

Raymond and Hirate nodded and then Hirate orders some tea as they all sit down and began talking about the Article that would come to shape the power structure of Earth.

The whole world did not know that their fate is being decided by these three person right now. This is the reason why Death Monarch seek power and strength.

Not to hurt other people with it, not to boast about it, but to be free from any restraints or control.

Only the strong truly lives. If you are weak, then you only even control where you could live and how you die

Only the strong could choose. And those who understand will understand.

That is power.

As the wind blows by the floating Island of Peace and seagulls flying underneath the flowing water of the waterfall that drops from the peak of the Mountain of Peace, everything seems to be the same and it almost seems like nothing would change

But things are changing, like the wind of winter that crept on you in the middle of the night

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Next oneis the last chapter for the arc. See you all again