Lord Shadow - Chapter 1975: Acquaintance

Chapter 1975: Acquaintance

Why those two? Why not people closer to Azief?

Katarina for example is nou of the question.

Kidnapping the High Chancellor of the Republic?

that would raise an alarm all over the world. What he wanted was to keep low profile not to shout to the world that he exists.

The more he is out f public view, the easier for him to maneuver from behind and do certain things.

The reason is because they were not so close but not so far, that they are the perfect target for his infiltration. If Rafah targeted someone like Sina or Sofia, there is a high chance he would be discovered.

And if he was discovered, with Azief cultivation and his many methods, they are some things that even if he wanted to keep secret, he couldn’t

So, Rafah did have the idea of targeting either Sasha or Wang Jian. So, he investigated these two. Sasha has developed a bond with Azief.

A bond of true loyalty. These two once fight each other and Azief even wanted to kill her at some point.

But, these two after working together for a long time, melded well.

It is like a capable CEO and his hot and capable secretary. The only difference is that this secretary of Azief is dangerous and deadly, fatal to anyone else.

They have trust in each other.

And then what about Wang Jian?

Wang Jian himself adhere to the concept of loyalty.

Whether he is really loyal or pretending to be loyal, since his persona and fame come from his loyalty, he could not do anything but continue to be loyal

Loki, Sofia and Sina saved him, but he is loyal to Azief.

Why?

Because his talent is and could only be utilized by Azief and Azief truly trusted him

For someone who has faced the prejudice of the world and is distrusted by his previous leader, Azief trust made him loyal.

These two are truly loyal.

Hence, the matter should not have escalated like this.

The only reason that these two have devolved into a real civil war is none other than the fact that they both feel forced by the circumstances.

When Sasha men died because of Wang Jian army, should Sasha just swallow it and urges peace? When her own men died?

She would lose all of her reputations and all of the respect of her men if she just swallowed such indignity.

And how about Wang Jian?

When his men died killed by Sasha operative, should he go to his men and tell them to make peace when the body of his men is not even yet cold?

Whether they suspected other people inciting them or not, they have no choice but to command their men and go to war.

And then once such a decision is made, blood will be spilled

And there is no turning back. It is either you or them. Starting a war is easy, ending them is hard.

And then there is Arthur?

This person rarely interferes and rarely even comes to Pandemonium. But to say he has no connection at all, is a big disingenuous.

Arthur had many dealings with Wang Jian is supplying weapons and specialties to train Arturia royal armed forces.

And how about Sasha?

Most of Arturia intelligence network is built by Sasha men.

They basically teach all of the spies of Arturia the method of Pandemonium spies.

And they share many of the intelligence of Pandemonium and there is an open line between Shadow Guards in Pandemonium and Arturia intelligence agencies.

That lie has been cut off since the civil war started but the fact remains. Arthur, the king of Arturia, has deep relations with these two playmakers in Pandemonium right now

The same reason why Sasha could not trust Arthur words, is the same reason why Wang Jian could not trust Arthur.

Both sides feared that they are being calculated by the other side.

Wang Jian fears Sasha uses Arthur to lure him away from the main battlefield. Sasha fears that Wang Jian uses Arthur to leave the Palace

“There is many people that wanted to know the truth and many who wanted to see whether this is a lie. Some people would be disappointed, and some people would be very happy”

He also sees someone he never expected to see.

He saw Shinji the Swift Sword.

A dead man walking the street. So, of course, this was something unexpected

Many people believed he had died.

But Rafah would not mistake him for another.

Even though he no longer wields a katana, nor does Rafah see that person face, he could feel that person’s aura and that fate and destiny that belongs to Shinji.

That person is Shinji the Swift Sword.

Many know that he was a part of Sasha Shadow Guards and even the Vice leader of Shadow Guards

After his death, there were a few successors of this vice leader but unlike Shinji which is known by people, most of those who held the position of the Vice leader of the Shadow Guards is no longer made public.

Could it be Shinji returns to his old job and becomes one of the Shadow Guards again? But that is just not possible

Because if he is really part of the Shadow Guards and listens to Sasha, he would not be here.

And judging from what he saw, Shinji was alone.

There are no other Shadow Guards operatives around him

And that is against protocol.

Even though Rafah himself could not infiltrate Pandemonium that deeply, he still knows that the Shadow Guards also has protocols for their Shadow Guards operatives

This tells Rafah one thing.

This is his own personal errand. Even the most casual missions, any operatives of the Shadow Guards would bring at least a partner for any agents

Buddy system works before the Fall and after the Fall that remains true.

So, Shinji is here alone? That means something. Did something happen? Is there a rift between him and Shasha? That would be interesting

Pandemonium did not send their other division. Most of them are tied up in matters in Pandemonium. War is a terrible business after all

But he did see Loki people.

And that alone speaks volume.

He has bene quite low profile since he had taken the blame for the Multiversal Convergence.

Some people see him here and there but there was never a definitive location

Some said he is along the coast of some island that used to be Norway. Some said that he is around the Hidden Coves in one of the Ten Seas, and some said he made himself a base in the desert.

There are many stories and many sightings none could be truly confirmed.

Loki himself did not come.

Or maybe he did come and he is just blending in.

Loki has grown powerful these past couple of years and maybe he uses some kind of methods or artifact that could even hide from him.

After all, in a mortal body, the methods that Rafah could do is also limited.

And Loki himself is not an ordinary foe.

This is a being who had the memories of being a Sovereign realm being.

He might be the weakest among all of the Sovereigns, but still, compared to a mortal, he was basically a god.

But he did see Loki children.

That is what Rafah called those three sisters.

The Sisters of Shadows as they were once called when they work for Pandemonium. That name is still stuck even after Loki no longer is in Pandemonium.

The three women did not even bother to disguise themselves. All of them wear their demoness mask.

In Pandemonium or any one of the world powers, these three sisters would never be this high profiled.

Because regardless of what the higher up knows, the common people all believed that it was Loki that had created the Multiversal Convergence problem

It is an event that has caused many sufferings.

It changes the world order and the world system and there are many people not only form this world but other worlds are also affected.

Taking the blame for that also means taking on the hatred of the ignorant people

But here in Arturia, a land of misfits and misunderstood people, no one had the qualification to judge the others.

He saw Trisha meeting with Acolytes of the Alchemist Association. Sina and Loki have always been known to have great relationships

Even though publicly their stance is like an enemy their personal relations is known to everyone on the higher up of all every world power

Trisha, wearing her red smiling demon mask simply swaggered into the headquarters of the Alchemist Association

As for the substitute for Riana, he saw her contacting the pirates. Wearing a laughing Demon Mask.

Riana is long gone. Though most people did not know some of the matters and some of these are old stories

And not many people know the woman behind those masks. They did not know the name or the face behind those masks

Only old timers like him would reorganize and know the people behind those masks.

And as Loki fame grows and his influence become bigger, nobody even dares to see and inquire about the people behind those mask

Then there is Greisha.

She has since grown. It has been years after all

Not only in size and height, but her power had also grown. Only a step to Divine Comprehension realm

She is now six feet four and she seems a little more mature. Not only in appearance but also in thinking.

Rafah pays attention to these agents of Loki, and he knows that these three people are a force unto their own

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