Azief could tell that the darkness is man-made and not natural.
There is a manipulation of laws. But it is quite different from the powers of a Divine Comprehension leveler.
It felt more like this energy comes from a borrowed energy.
Of course Azief could not be sure about this.
He could feel energy all hovering around him. and not the normal kind of energy
This kind of darkness if it is inflicted upon normal mortal, they might not be able to perceive the amount of energy that is swirling all over inside this space of darkness.
And they might not understand their own existence in this kind of darkness but Azief is not a normal mortal and he could sense his own existence even as the darkness tries to erase it.
It is like the darkness could not come near him. After all this is just a projection yet even the laws were one hundred percent replicated