Lord Shadow
Chapter 2057: While The World Is Burning II
He simply look at their difficulties and life from his perspective.
Food...is not one of those aspect he look upon.
The reason is simple.
It is because food is the most numerous thing in this world after land.
If you have a sub profession as a cook you could cook the monsters you defeated.
If you could not defeat monsters and fear that fighting monster would endanger you, you could go to any forest and pluck some fruits.
Most fruits are edible. And if they are roasted or fermented, it is even better
If sone fears that they would be lost in a forest or trapped by some kind of trees and other dangers in the forest, one could plant trees and other fruits.
Most of the land in the world is fertile.
But rice?
He did not expect someone to cultivate rice.
Because out of the many food that could be planted, rice is the hardest to plant and care about.
"Not all people become gods and deities" Sina mutters. The explanation is simple and Azief nodded
"You are right. I was too short sighted"
As more and more people level up, the concentration of energy in the world become les concentrated.
It needs time to recover but people keep levelling up.
This subtle but certain reduction is not felt by those on the lower realm of cultivation but for someone like Azief who is very sensitive to the movement of energy of heaven and earth, he realises it faster than anyone else.
It probably also has something to do with him holding one third of the heavenly will.
"tomorrow I would go to the capital and watch the dead. And the battle"
Sina frowns and shakes her head
"There is many. The deaths...and the battle"
Azief could only smile bitterly.
"Yes. Once these two did not hold back tens of thousands dies in a matter of hours. These people that is fighting itself is not normal mortal. To kill these kind of beings would requires a powerful force, but these two manages to kill so many of my soldiers and so many of Disk Formation realm leveler that I could feel the energy in the world rippling"
Azief shook his head
"No, not really the energy of the world rippling. But the current resentment is so palpable that if it could be manifested, it would trigger a heavenly tribulation"
Azief had been trapping the energies that should go to the world.
No, it could not be said that he is trapping energy. The trapping of the energy is a side effect of trapping the soul.
What he truly traps is the soul. And he must make sure that the soul is intact.
The longer this goes on and the stronger the attack levied before death, the higher the chances of the soul being damaged
Fortunately, enough none in the war possess any abilities to damage the soul
Sina then said
"The damage itself is numerous. My contact sends a footage from the capital. All over the ground, there is craters and holes and it was like a meteor from the sky had cashed repeatedly all over the capital"
"Someone had incited them and now they could not turn back. If you succeed you could make them turn back"
"And...probably your plans could also come to fruition. But the risk....." Sina was about to say something more but she halted her words.
She is trying to be positive.
But she really does not know the outcome of this. In many matters she rarely does not believe in Azief.
Sometimes she believes in him more than he believes himself. But this matter....this Sovereign stuff, she is not confident.
This is because this is the last realm. It is the realm beyond the system
She understood a bit about this realm.
Most people would not know....or would not even dream that someone could break the system.
Even those who have reached Disk Formation believes that any realm beyond the system is theoretical.
And the realm Sovereign itself is almost impossible and unattainable for most people.
The only reason Sina knows it is because the research by the Order of Thinkers that believed one could surpass the system that is given to them
That and her conversation with Loki. So, she knows more than many other people. If Azief succeeded, some people would try to reach that realm
But that realm is not that easy.
No, it is almost impossible.
How many people would be broken chasing such a dream?
However, if Azief failed....then he would die.
So, she could not help but sigh. Azief heard her sigh and even though she did not say anything Azief knows what she is sighing about
"Do you want me to go with you?" Azief thought or a moment but he shakes his head.
"there is no need. It is better if you are not too close. It is fine if you see it from here" Sina was about to say something but then she halted herself and nodded.
"I hope you succeed" this is the only thing she could say.
Azief simply nodded.
The breakfast ended and then Azief return to his separate house.
Sina however did not get up. She only watches Azief leave the dining room. She is still there inside the dining room
"Miss, is there anything I should do?" one of the maid ask and Sina shook her head
"he would go today. It is better not to see him. I am too worried about him. If I see him before he leaves, I fear I would try to stop him again" she mutters and the maid heard it
But she did not know how to console her boss.
Sina could also see that her mood is affecting her maids and she smiles bitterly
"Just brew me some tea. Add some calming herbs and that red fruit essence. I should really calms my own heart if I am to accept this matter with a willing heart" The maid nodded and quickly go back to the kitchen
Sina look at the door of the dining room that has been closed and she could not help but close her eyes
And then she sighed
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Azief return to one of the annex where there is a house given to him. The house itself is quite small.
It is more of a guesthouse.
These place in the boondocks that Sina crafted for herself is different from her house in the forest or in the mountains.
And it is far cry smaller than her palatial residence in the capital
The reason why she made her house here, is simply because she wanted some quietness.
In the week since Azief is here, he could tell that Sasha and Wang Jian has been trying to persuade her to side with either of them
Every few days there would be an envoy either from Sasha or Wang Jian coming to the vicinity of this residence.
They did not barge in and they did not show disrespect and they would not even come close to the gate if they were not given permission.
But it is clear that Sina could not stay out of this conflict indefinitely.
"If I did not show myself, Sina, even if she knew that the war was my doing, that I was the one who incite the war, she might be persuaded to join either of them. Because some things...just could not be helped"
Azief sighed
"Life is also not easy for her"
" Since she sat at that position, she is bound by that position. Since she is the leader of the Alchemy Association and the president of many organizations, whether she wanted to or not, she had to do things, even if she did not want to do it. The only way she could free herself is if she dares to step down from her position, or tell the truth"
Azief sighed
"but she could not step down"
This is the dilemma.
If she could step down, she could ignore everything. And she could be steadfast in her position
She could not step down.
"That is how power really is. It corrupts. Sina always wanted to change the world. She is so close and she could not let go"
"As for telling the truth, Sina always cherished her family. Between the world and family....this is a hard question to answer"
"But she already answer it. If she wanted to tell the truth, she would have told it to Sasha or Wang Jian. In the end, she did not. She wanted to hear the truth from me. And there....there I knew the answer"
"She loved her family. And as long as the reason is sound enough, she could in a way let the world suffer. But if my reason was not sound, if my plan would endanger the world in the global scale, knowing Sina, she would be the first to stop him"
Azief paused for a moment and sighed
"Even if she had to sacrifice her life" Azief could not help but sighed at this.
Sina is not like him.
Azief could burn the world for the people he loved.
Sina loved her family, but she also love the world.
The act of waiting itself might be her giving him a last chance.
If his plan actually endangered the world....if he had fallen to depravity and allow such senseless killing, Sina might not say anything...but she surely would scheme behind her back to stop him
"I would not hate her for it"
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