Chapter 743: True enemy (1/2)

'Then who should I fight?' Azief ask. This time he is calmer. And his eyes have certain kind of glow in it.

Erika nodded, satisfied with Azief answer

'Now, you are understanding' she said. Then she pointed toward Azief. Azief look at that finger. Is she pointing at something else? is his first thought

But then it dawned on him

It was then that Azief understood.

And understanding it, he laughs. His laugh reverberates across the forest; the Stonehenge nearby seems to be enveloped in a terrifying pressure that comes from Azief laugh.

Azief laugh because he understands who he should fight.

'My enemy is myself' he said and Erika nodded and said

'All of those who came before me lost against their fate and destiny because they all were wrong. The reason why is because they fought the wrong enemy. Instead of fighting against themselves, they fight against fate and destiny'

Once again, smiling with that eerie smile, she said

'Change yourself. Then your fate and destiny would also change.'

Azief got closer to his understanding of cause and effect with his meeting with Oracle.

But even if he knows his enemy is himself, what things should he change? He knew the end result. But he did not know how he get there.

It is like he knows where the end goals are. But he doesn't even know why he got there. And he did not know where is the road leading to that end. Did he choose a shortcut?

Did he enter a secret path and reach there? If his life is a story written into a book, then what he saw was one the few last chapter of the book.

He had read the prologue and he had read the few last chapter of the book.

But what happens in between? That is what he doesn't know. How could he change the future if he doesn't know what kind of choice that he had make that leads to that future?

Right now, as Azief keep thinking Erika is looking at him intently.

Erika could see the confusion on Azief face.

She sighed internally. Unfortunately, that battle will happen. That is something that Azief could not change. Loki knows this. She knows this. And Yewa Hafar also knows this.

But if that is the case why are they still putting chess pieces?

Simply because in their minds, that even if Azief reach that point, it is still not without hope. Loki and Erika wanted to change the future. Yewa Hafar wanted to keep it the same.

When Loki and Erika took this task, they know that there are certain changes that they could not make. No matter how scheming or how powerful they are, there is one event that they could not change

”But, not all' she muttered inaudibly.

Then Azief asks

'Then how would I know whether I choose wrong or right?'

'Who said you were wrong?' she said and for a moment, Azief frowned. Then he replied

'I see the future. I saw myself fighting the whole world. I saw people I knew, people I loved wanting to kill me. I don't know what I did wrong. But for the whole world to be targeting me, there must be something wrong that I did, that make the whole world wanting to kill me'

Erika smiles bitterly and then she said

'As the Speedster would attest, never believe to much in what you see. Especially if it is related to Time matters and Time magic. Not everything is as it seems'

Azief seem to guess at something. He then asks

'You are saying that I fight against the world because the world is wrong?'

'I'm saying that you still don't know why you would fight them. But at least you know you will fight them. And since you know that, maybe you could slowly figure it out.'

Silence once again reigned between them. This time it is longer than before. She then said

'I guess this is it. Unless you have more things you wanted to see' Azief nodded and then he said

'What about the Price?' Azief ask.

'I'll ask it when you return with Will.' She said casually

Azief then asked.

'I heard you tell prophecy'

She nodded

'What is mine?'

Smiling she replied

'Also, after'