Lord Shadow

The waves crashed the shore and the sea breeze blew by the island.

White beaches and clear water, this island look like paradise on Earth.

On the center of the island, surrounded by array formation and minerals that is positioned in four corners of his direction, a person is absorbing the power of Heaven and Earth crazily.

This person is young with gray hair and green eyes. It is none other than Loki the Trickster.

The serpent slithers around this part of the island. And black crows seems to gather around the sky flying over his head like they were protecting him from being seen

After that stunt with Azul it spent his Willpower.

Now he is recovering from that matter. It would speed up Azief trials by two trials. That is the only thing he could do to help him right now.

If Azief succeeded he might complete his Grand Path, to be the master that governed the reincarnation, rebirth and the path toward enlightenment from suffering

Combined that with Azief Death and Life Laws that he would surely master in the future, Azief would probably stand a fighting chance in the Final Battle.

It has taken Loki a few days to recover his energy from using his power. Loki like always like to hides himself in some island.

It is the sea breeze that helps him focus.

Today would be the last day. As he closes his eyes in meditation and gathering energy of the world, he suddenly opens it and energy exploded from him.

His eye is shining green light that seems to cover the island.

The aura coming out of him seems majestic and has that inviolable sense of an overlord governing the Universe

Then the minerals he put in the four direction of his position cracked and turn to atomic particles.

The Array of Gathering Chaotic Energy.

Loki unlike the other Sovereign could not easily just absorb the energy in the Universe.

This is probably because of how he ascended to Sovereign which is by using the Book of Mysteries which contains unconventional magic.

So, he took many of the knowledge of other people like Arrayist and perfected it. And he uses that to gather the chaotic energy of the Universe to supply his power.

Loki got up and takes a deep breath. The crows all part away and fly to another place and the serpents all slither away back to the forest.

He looked at his front and saw the horizon that gets farther and farther away.

He then looks up. The sky was so blue that not even tomorrow could be seen. That is what he thought to himself.

And then he smiles

‘A tomorrow that I do not know. Is that day finally come?’ He then laughs a happy laugh.

‘Even in the great darkness that is about to come, and even if the whole world is against me, I could still see the faintest of light. There are still a few things I could do. I wonder how far I can go’

He bitterly smiles.

Yesterday, he was briefed by Trisha. Trisha asks him where she should put the invention by the Inventor.

He then asks Trisha what Invention she is talking about. Then Trisha said it is that thing he put his efforts years of building.

It was at that time Loki remembers what she was talking about. And then he realizes something.

He should have realized it a long time ago.

But he was too preoccupied with his plans that he seems to forget.

He was like a swan that lost its way and found his way back. Living in the past…it was like a good dream compared to the world he lives in the future.

He found all the feeling he lost during all those years as Sovereign. He found a family of his own.

He found a brother in Azief, so protective and admirable.

It is not that Azief had no flaws, it is despite the flaws he still keep seeking. What is the best way to live?

He is not some great person that knows all the answer. He was like anyone else. Seeking in the dark for the light, stumbling through life like any other person.

He falls, and he learns from it and he got up and tries again. He was not like Loki expected at all. In the future, all he sees from Azief is the God of Death, ruling without any mistakes.

He seems impassive, emotionless and seems unworldly, free from any mortal fetters. Loki likes this Azief more than he likes the God of Death Azief in his timeline

He found a sister in Sofia, a sister who would make fun of you and try to mess with you every chance she got.

It is quite amazing if Loki think about it.

She didn’t like him in the beginning at all. But now….she is worried for him whenever he did not check in with her once in a while and he worried for her

And he found a lover in Sina. She is motherly and above all else….she taught him how to really love.

Morgana…taught him how painful love is. But Sina….she taught him why people love each other despite the pain.

That love….is simple. It is not hard at all. Struggles are hard. But not loving each other. Loving each other is simple.

You just love them and if they love you back, never let go.

It is that simple. And Sina is like that. She loves him and he…loves him. But he doesn’t know how far he could take this.

Because….he is not sure that later, the Loki she loves will be this Loki…or another Loki.

The past is like a good dream and also an awakening for him.

He saw all this great men and women that will become a star that will shine the era that will come to humanity and he could not help but admire them.

And then looking at himself…he felt the arrogance of his past is laughable. They are stars, and he Loki…is Loki.

And the thing he realized when Trisha spoke to him a few days ago, is that he Loki…..is forgetting things.

He went into meditation immediately and he then discover when he tries to recall certain events…he found out his memories is a little blurry.

It is like he is beginning to forget what is about to happens. But Loki did not panic. It rattles him at first but then he remembers his most favorite sentence

‘Magic has a price. Everything has a price.’ He is just now paying it. So as he look toward the sky he ask himself

‘How far could I go….and what will happen to me at the end?’ But the question did not scare him at all. He just smiles.

‘You are all stars…and I’m just Loki. And that don’t matter. Because….if I can be a torch that lit up a future where the Final Battle is won…then what would one life matter?’

But for some reason he thinks of Sina, Sofia and Azief and he once again bitterly smiles as he pats the sands on his butt and walk away.

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