Chapter 100 - WHO ARE YOU? PART II (1/2)

THAT NIGHT

THE PLAINS REGIONS

The camp atmosphere tonight is very festive. Soldiers could be seen sharing drinks with each other.

Some of them trade battle stories while some other just bragged about their prowess and some even open a betting bet whether the strongman Zhang Ye is stronger or Nie Feng the Cook is stronger.

But even though it was festive, there are still people who drafted lots and have to patrol.

After all, the very notion or armies is that they must be disciplined.

However near the large tent of Lady Sofia was a fire pit and surrounding the fire pit were five people all is sipping tea from a very beautiful tea set.

The coffee weirdly enough blend well enough with cockatrice meat and give a very hard feeling, and making the people drinking it feel very refreshed.

Sitting surrounding the fire pit was the five most powerful and influential people on the camp.

Lord Shadow. Loki the Trickster. Sofia the Divine Archer. Sina the Genius Alchemist. Wang Jian the White Tiger.

Wang Jian did not do much.

He just accompanied the group and he rarely talks. He is not a talkative man, rigid and much disciplined.

Loki was listening to Azief story of his experience in Earth Two after Sofia has finished talking to Azief about all of the things that happens in Earth prime.

'So, let me get this straight. In that world, you are super strong. You can fly. You have heat vision. You have freeze breath. You save people. Aren't you Superman?' And Azief chuckles.

'It does feel like that' He replies as he also laughed a bit

Sitting beside Azief was Sofia. But when Azief looks at her, there is a complication in his heart.

To them, to all of them, he has been gone for only over six to seven month. For him however, years have passed by.

Even though he told his story, he didn't tell everything.

Not everything.

He doesn't even know why he refrain himself from telling the whole story.

After he got out from Earth two he ended up in another world which he spends another two years, stranded there.

In that two years he could finally moved on from Na Eun.

But now…..seeing Sofia looks at him…and remembering his complicated past and relationships, he….wavered.

Because he knows her feeling.

Azief is not dense. Of course he knows that Sofia likes him. Even before he went inside the Universe Orb he knows that.

But at the time, it was only a budding romance and there was also their friendship to think about.

'Me and you against the world' those words echo in his mind.

And they were too busy trying to survive that both of them never broach the subject and no one take a step forward and in the end, the words was left unsaid.

Then he went to Earth Two and for years he didn't have anyone beside him until Na Eun come along and came inside his heart.

The heart wants what it wants. Azief falls in love with Na Eun, separate with her and he is already moving on.

And he's not ready for a new relationship.

So, he turns to look at Loki on his left side and pat his back

'You have done well in my absence.'

'This is nothing' Loki said as he laughs.

'How about you Sina?' Azief said she he turns to look at Sina.

'Anything interesting happens when I was gone?' He asked. Sina nodded.

'I had to make sure that Loki doesn't go over his head and restrain Sofia from always getting into fights.'

'I did not!' Sofia said defiantly as she pouted at Sina. She almost got up from her seat but Azief grab her arm and Sofia was frozen.

Azief lightly smiles and Sofia blush a bit and sit back down.

Azief after coming back home doesn't just become taller and handsomer but he also had that air of maturity.

Azief also realize that not only Sofia become taller, her face was clear and without any imperfection, face as clear as water, eyes that seems like the stars, and every time he sees her face, he could not help but to let his own heart skip a beat.

With tall stature and perfect body, she looks like a supermodel

Sina just smiles lightly.

'What do you mean?' Azief asked

'She fought with Athena of Athens because of a Pegasus. Pick a fight with Freya the War Goddess of Norway because she disregards her and tries to raid the Seven Fairy of the Plains warehouse because they insulted her. Your friend here is quite the brawler.' Sina said as she takes another sip of Azief personal brewed coffee.

Maybe, she becomes confident of herself after becoming an Energy Disperse Stage expert Azief mused.

Azief knows that as long as you improve yourself and got past the stages, you will fill with confidence and positive thoughts.

Or dark thoughts. It depends on the person. Like magic.

It will be like changing a personality. That is the price of power.

Like Azief. Azief was not also the type of people that stands over the masses. The more he becomes stronger, the confident he became.

'All which I know nothing about' Azief replies but he laughed as he said

'But, from hearing their name they seem to be very powerful. If I only heard their name.'

'Are you not tired?' Sina asks.

'I can manage' Azief said as he takes another sip from his coffee cup.

Wang Jian who was beside Loki nudges Loki with his fingers who seems intoxicated with his wine. Loki manages to mix gin and coffee and called it wine

'Ah' Loki suddenly remembered as he tap Azief shoulders.

'Yes?'

'Since you are not tired, then what about the Seed? You would do it tomorrow right?' Loki ask

Sofia who was listening then glares at Loki and Wang Jian.

'He could handle it tomorrow. Tonight is a festival. Why bother him tonight?' Sofia was worried that Azief is tired.

Sofia had time for a year to figure out her feelings and she realizes she likes Azief.

But, she doesn't know how much she likes him.

Now, that he has returned home, Sofia wanted to see if she and him….whether they work together. Whether, they could be something more.

Or…they better are left as friends.

Of course it is embarrassing for her to ask him out and normally she wouldn't do it. She would rather bury the feelings deep inside her heart

But the thought of not knowing…what her true feelings are and letting that go away…she can't do it.

At least, now that she has finally decided to muster courage to take that one step forward, she doesn't want to take a step back.

She...wanted to be honest to her heart.

Sina also has always been encouraging her to take that one step forward. Her relationship with Sina has deepened and they were like sister.

They share stories with each other. Laughed together. Cry together. She was her family, her older sister that always pushes her to be braver.

And as Sofia thinking all of this, she looks at Azief with fiery gaze, hoping for him to notice.

Azief however did not notice the fiery gaze of Sofia and was thinking about the Civilization Seed.

From what Loki has explains to him, it is a city which speeds up the building of a civilization and the Seed has special features.

Anyone could buy the seed from the World Orb but to buy it one does not use gold. They use materials.

A Greensnapper Root. Pistils of the Golden Demonic Flytrap. Heart of the Violet Grizzly Bear. Pair of Eyes from the White Horned Hart.

And the Seven Petals of the Life Orchid.

Loki manages to gather all of it either by trading or hunting and manages to buy the seed before anyone else.

Azief then nodded towards Loki and replied

'I will settle it next morning.'

'Good' Loki said as he smiles towards Wang Jian direction and Wang Jian cupped his hand towards Azief and Loki.

Azief who was looking at Wang Jian gesture nodded.