Chapter 104 - WHEN THE CHERRY BLOSSOM FADES II (1/2)
MEANWHILE ON EARTH
Sofia who was on Earth suddenly feels an intense pressure covering the entire USA when she finished praying.
The warm sunlight was suddenly covered by black clouds, and thunder boomed in the distance.
Lightning could be seen to strike the ground.
Storms are formed and the winds changed direction. Air shattered and space crack suddenly appeared in many parts around the hanging gardens.
Looking at this Sofia yelled
'Is that you!'
Then a fog suddenly appears on the Hanging Garden even though that should be impossible.
The fog is black like the blackest night and the fog was magic…of the highest kind. Laws ripple from the fog, almost like the fog has its own intelligence.
Lightning crossed in the dark clouds and thunder showered the land, the winds form and dissipated like a bizarre scene of forming and destruction.
Then as she turns around to look at the source of the fog, she could see a man appearing from the fog.
And Sofia heart jolted.
The same cold face. The same cold demeanor. The same powerful charisma. The same imposing presence.
The moment the man materializes from the fog, Godly Presence filled the world.
Alarms rang out from World Government headquarters.
Blaring red alarms all glowed in the HQ of World Headquarters as Generals of the organization began panicking from this unexpected alarm.
The peaceful morning of the World Organization is quickly broken as the HQ began seeing a bustle of activity as engineers began preparing Battlestar to be deployed.
On the other side of the world, in Russia, the Revolutionary Army quickly raises their emergency protocol.
The General of RA began communicating with the Kaiser to ask him to call upon her sister who was in seclusion in the White Dragon Mountain.
This is the power of a Sovereign. An arrival that echoes all over the world. The sovereign that releases this power is not a friendly one's.
Because both organization knows where their sovereigns are.
A Sovereign is releasing their Godly Intent. The people beneath the Hanging Garden, most of them have already fainted.
Some was foaming in the mouth because of shock.
To be hit by a Godly Intent by a Sovereign, that would not be good.
'Always with the theatrics' Sofia muttered under her breath.
Raymond while he always comes in with a flair but Azief always comes with thunders and lightning, with black fog thus he was always associated with darkness.
Associated with dark feelings. To others this would be a Godly arrival, people will prostate to the ground and beg for mercy.
To Sofia this is theatrics. Because she knows Azief.
Always imposing. Always intimidating. Always dark.
Even before he reached the negotiation table, a certain image of power has already been formed.
That was the purpose of all the show. To create an inviolable image. To create a dissonance on the hearts of his opponents. To instill fear and encourage obedience
Sofia knows how Azief operates.
Azief comes out from the dark fog. His face shows no emotion whatsoever but there is a slight smirk on his mouth. Others might not notice it but Sofia notices it.
The Prince of Darkness. The Lord of the Underworld. The God of Death. That is his title. The strongest man in the world.
First, Azief look around him and he creased his eyebrows when he saw the Pillars of Light around the Garden.
Clearly he is not pleased.
Azief then waved his hand and the Pillars of light that Raymond constructed was enveloped by black fog
The Pillars of Light turns to a Flag of Darkness as it create a wall of darkness enclosing the Hanging Garden from any interruptions.
In the World Government Headquarters, three Battlestar are deployed to see why a Sovereign suddenly releases his Godly Intent.
The Battlestar is only for initial contact. The World Government is not naïve enough to think that three Battlestar could contain a Sovereign.
Since Raymond is still fighting the beast in the Great Sea, the World Government need to delay until the big gun is available.
Hirate who was the president has already guessed who would be this domineering. Loki would not do this.
Even though he is a sovereign, he mainly keeps a low profile. Jean is still in Neverland, beside his beloved comatose Paulette.
Katarina is in seclusion after her battle with the Prince. Oreki and Hikigaya have no reason to provoke the World Government.
Which leave the only Sovereign daring enough to do this…the Prince, the Death God.
He is rarely on Earth and always in the Underworld. He rarely surfaces and rarely interferes.
But once he does come up, that means big waves will follow. The last time he appears, he nearly ruptured the time continuum and almost ripped the fabric of reality.
Akira has already rubbed his forehead. This would be a headache.
On the White Dragon Mountain, far away in Russia, Katarina the Snow Deity was sitting under a waterfall in the coldest cave in the world, when she felt the Godly Intent.
'It's him! He returned! She muttered as she opens her eyes. She was about to get up but then she stopped.
Then she sighed and she calms herself down again.
Then slowly she closes her eyes back. She knows her relationship with the Prince is complicated and she didn't want to complicate it even more.
The last time they met, they engage in a world shattering battle but both of them knows that whatever between them is not over.
She knows there is something between the Prince and Sofia but she didn't know what it is.
She didn't want to meddle and the Prince didn't seem to want troubles which are why He informs all the Sovereign.
She didn't want to be seen as a jealous girl but that is what she is feeling now.
He was the bane of her existence….but when he wanted to reconnect with Sofia, she find herself feeling possessive, jealous of the girl he's trying to protect.
She sighed and then she returned back to her acquiring of the Laws.
Oreki and Hikigaya also felt the Godly Intent sweeps Japan and they chose not to do anything.
Why would they readily offend the Prince when the Prince only wanted to talk to someone?
But if the Prince wanted to harm Earth, of course they will leap into action but since he is not, they would just ignore what is happening in America.
After all, that is Raymond territory. Let the Earthshaker deals with it. The Thunder God and Illusion God will not meddle.
Jean who was sitting on his throne in Neverland also felt the reverberation and the fluctuation of Godly Intent sweeping across his Realm but he did not do anything.
He could not leave Neverland else the Wall of Time in Neverland will crumbles and Paulette will die.
The Prince once advises him that he should let the dead rest.
Jean remembers that he even begged the Prince to revive his wife, but he rejected. He said the Price of reviving a person is not a price that Jean could handle.
Jean the Time God has always had a complicated relationship with the Prince.
They were not friends.
They were not rivals.
They were not enemies.
They just know each other because of their status as Sovereign.
But he could not accept Paulette death as destiny so he created his own Time Pocket and places Paulette in a state of dying and not dying.
She should have been dead but here in Neverland, time stops. Nothing grows. Nothing ages.
In Neverland, as long as you did not go out, you will live in a single moment. Eternal youth. Eternal life. A place where time is trapped.
In here, Paulette did not die. But she is not alive either.
Staying unconscious even though the heart is beating, though the brains function, the last breath could not be taken because of the trapping of Time.
Jean only sighs when he realizes that the Prince has returned to Earth again but he did not interfere.
In another part of the world, Loki was examining a staff when he felt the Intent.
'Ptuii' he spited on the ground as the ground melted from his spit.
'He's here again. That troublesome guy.' He never liked the Prince.
The Prince has deceived him, reneges on his deals, force him to break another deal with Sofia and the humiliation of being saved from him is still something Loki could not forget.
But even though he does not like the Prince he would not be so stupid to fly and confront the Prince.
What is he? An idiot? The Prince is the first sovereign of all the Seven. He is also the strongest.
Being able to render the heavens with one slash, splitting the seas apart with one strike and summon fire and rain with a wave of his hand.
Loki was the youngest of the Sovereign. When the Prince first becomes Sovereign he was only an Orb Condensing Stage junior.
The Prince has experience and stronger than him. He would just stomach his unsatisfied feeling.
If he manages to make a deal with the Prince, then he could only imagine how much power he would get from that deal.
His path to Sovereign stage is different from all the other Sovereigns and as such his method is different.
Then he continues his wok examining the staff.
In the Great Sea Raymond was fighting the Sea dragon with other warlords behind him assisting.
In the Great Sea, a tornado with the speed of Mach 4 is spinning furiously killing all of the sea creatures who couldn't stand the pressure.
Thunders and lightning keep falling from the sky as he battles the beast. In his battle he suddenly felt the Intent and his eyes widened.
'The Prince!'
He wanted to finish the beast fast but the beast did not want to go down. So Raymond gritted his teeth and advances his attack while thinking of Sofia
Meanwhile on the Garden, Sofia look at that face and her eyes began to become red as tears began to pool.
She choked. She didn't know what to say even though it was she that summons him.
'What to say?' she mumbles.
Before, no matter how she summons him, he did not listen. But now….. and her heart is in disarray, looking at that face again
'You've come, finally' she said coldly not knowing why that sentence comes out of her mouth