Lord Shadow - Chapter 1982 1982: Faith and Belief
A beautiful face that is unreal, her face pale white as snow with a hint of red here and there, adding a touch of innocence to her face
Above her, the dark clouds is hidden by the snow falling.
The cold wind felt nonexistent as they watched her face and they could not help but feel everything that she does is elegant and otherworldly, even when her sleeve is being ruffled by the wind, in their eyes, it is natural and beautiful
Clothed in white, a sword behind her back, an inviolable aura emanating out, the clouds above suddenly brought down snow, and the wind suddenly blows cold air.
They have never seen such elegant entrance.
They were so stunned that for a moment they forgot what they have to do. Their mind is drawing a blank, almost like they are enchanted the moment they see her face
Everyone said that Katarina is the most beautiful woman in the world.
Most people who have seen Katarina face in videos all admit that she is beautiful. No one denies it.
But looking at videos and pictures is not the same as seeing her in person
Only when you see her in person, you would understand and admit that she is truly the most beautiful woman in the world
The aura, the beauty, just by looking at her, you would feel like you are bewitched. Azief looked at the guards and saw that they all stood frozen for a few seconds before their eyes finally returned to normal
They would not feel this way if they didn’t have good feelings about Katarina in the first place.
After all, they did not know Katarina.
Those who knew Katarina would view Katarina face differently based on emotions
Azief knows why these people are like this and why they are reacting like this.
It is something that people would understand someday but for now, only people in his realm could understand it
Azief smiles and whispers to Katarina
“I told you….you are beautiful” Azief chuckles a bit even when he is sick right now. He did not say and explain certain things to Katarina that he had understood.
Maybe later. When the time is more favorable
But the reason is because…..of faith, of belief
This is the true source of this matter
Reputation and words have powers. Even more so in a world of magic. Katarina might not notice this because she did not yet reach his realm
But Azief notices it. There are fortune and luck gathering on her face.
“Attribution power. Those Stamp of the Will also have such kind of power and abilities. It is why the Divbine Monkey assume the name Wukong and why the One-Eyed use the name Odin”
It is why Olympus uses the name Zeus and Jupiter respectively.
The title of the most beautiful woman in the world dhas always been attributed to Katarina. She has always been beautiful.
But the fact that she also held great power and at the same time having a beautiful face made her even more famous.
These words, this belief transformed into faith energy.
And this faith energy supplies and enhances Katarina. After all, they have faith in Katarina beauty and this faith itself becomes energy
Just like how some people in pandemonium created temples and worship places for him and pray to him.
In some worlds, there are people who prayed to him.
All of this added faith energy.
At first, he thought that only if people pray to you, will you get the faith energy.
But he had come to understand something when he was with Odin. This is not something that Odin told him. It is something he understood by himself
When a world believes something, their belief turns into faith. And faith could do a lot of wonders
The world believes Katarina to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
And this is faith. This is belief. Just like a city would believe their protector general is the strongest, this faith and belief, in a world of magic is akin of power
Emotions born from such pure desire is a transformative magic that could even rewrite reality when it is brought to the peak
That faith and belief gather on Katarina to enhance this aspect of her. If Katarina is one of the Old Gods, one of her aspects would probably include beauty.
For example, in Olympus, the one that inhabit this Aspect to the extreme is Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love.
But there are also other goddesses in Olympus who also have this aspect. There is Athena and Hera who also have this kind of Aspect to them
But…pictures and videos could not capture this faith energy
But when you are face to face with her, you would feel like you have seen the most beautiful celestial beings that have ever been created.
And as time passes, this beauty will only be enhanced and become even more bewitching
These guards that guarded his island villa all of them is below Disk Formation. Even those in Disk Formation realm would feel like they are being bewitched by seeing her, so how could these guards resist the temptation?
It is not like lust.
When one look at a beautiful woman, sometimes, lust is not the reason. Sometimes, it is just an appreciation for something good and something pleasant
Like one would look at the sun rising up from the horizon, or a butterfly flapping its wing while flying around a flower and you could not help but look at it with awe and a feeling of wonder.
A scene that brings up good memories and feelings
And that is the feeling one would get when seeing Katarina face. Like a magic spell invoking all the good and pleasant feeling
Azief is not as affected because he knows why. Once you understand why, you could control the degree of how much it controls you.
As for these guards, when they look at her, lust is the last thing they would think. Instead, they would have some kind of protective urge.
It is like how you don’t want to see a masterpiece painting to get destroyed. Like trying to protect something good and innocent.
Katarina clearly did not notice this. She would have noticed if she is not so occupied looking at him
They enter the villa and Katarina quickly bring him to his bed
Azief felt colder but the cold did not come from Katarina, it comes from himself.
“It is piling up” he mutters to himself.
There are things he could not do right now in this state. Some of the plans he made…..and the moment he thinks about this he is scared. Most of the plans he thought of for Pandemonium were perfect.
That is the reason why he was so confident.
That is why he let his Palace Keeper Lukas pick a side
That is why he let his people die.
Whether Sasha men or Wang Jian men, he let them die all the same.
He let them die because he was confident of his plans
But if he is sick and if he is on his bed, afflicted by this strange illness, that plan crumbles.
And for the first time in a long time, there is a bitter smile on his face
“I have thought I have a high enough realm that all of my plans would always come to fruition. It turns out it is just hubris”
He never once considered what would happen if he failed.
Even when he tries to save Will, even though he knows that Will might be held by some powerful being, he could never see himself lose.
But now, lying on his bed, he knows how delusional he is.
He did not yet reach a level where everything is under his control.
“No, it is not that. On Earth and the surrounding galaxy, I would find it hard to find any beings that could rival my realm of power”
Azief signed inwardly
In the end, his luck is too bad
He has so many enemies in high places. And fate and destiny would not let him go and would always put some obstacle on his way.
Because as Wargod had hinted to him, they are tempering him. For the final fate
The glorious or inglorious the fate and destiny one is burdened with, the more destiny and fate need to temper you.
He was too confident that fate and destiny were on his side. No, it is just that he is confident that fate and destiny would not abandon him at this moment
And in a way, he is right. Any other being who would be subjected to many of his adventure would have already die.
Yet, each time, he somehow finds a way to escape the calamity. It is like he is dancing along the line of life and death, never truly falling into the jaws of Death.
Not because Death did not want him
Because it is not time.
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