Shang had just finished his last match.

The long trial was finally over.

After 22 fights, excluding the executions, Shang had finally finished the trial.

But at this moment, Shang didn't even think about the trial.

He only thought about his Affinity.

'Entropy?' Shang thought as his last eye looked at his remaining arm.

Silence.

'What kind of Affinity is this?!'

What did Shang think about when he realized his Affinity?

The power?

The potential?

The uses?

No, Shang was thinking about something else.

Shang had tried to convince himself that all his opponents had to die for his goal.

They all had to die!

Yet, why was Shang even trying to convince himself?

If he truly thought that, he wouldn't need to convince himself.

He would just accept that everyone had to die and would do it.

Why put so much energy into convincing himself?

It was hard to acknowledge, but right now, Shang realized that he hadn't truly believed that sentence.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be feeling as he was feeling right now.

Just mere moments ago, Shang felt like he had a choice.

It had been his choice to act this cruelly towards everyone opposing him.

But now that his choice had been taken away, he felt a feeling of regret.

'How am I supposed to interact with anyone when I am the very antithesis of their existence, their goals, and dreams?'

'Fire can destroy, but it also leaves behind nutrients that plants use. Additionally, we couldn't even survive without the sun.'

'Water and Earth can destroy, but they are the very basis for life.'

'Wind brings movement into the world. Additionally, oxygen is also important for life.'

'Ice? So what if it's cold? There are enough animals that can live in a tundra.'

'All our bodies use lightning to function.'

'Metal? Who doesn't need iron and magnesium for their body?'

'Light is just life, and darkness can also protect.'

'Entropy?'

'What can Entropy do?'

antithesis of everything

Entropy, nothing

space has

time has

that there is

that there

'There is just nothing!'

as he looked at

I become more powerful?

destroying

Shang wasn't sure

but he

only knew that he

was trying to untangle this web of

trying to make sense of

He didn't know.

But, eventually, Shang sighed.

his back as he held his last arm towards the sun

looked at his

This arm couldn't create.

It could only destroy.

my rise to power affect the world

'I don't know.'

just looked at his

Then, Shang sighed again.

I'm overthinking all of this.

can still help others,

that something

I mean, I am thinking about these things right now. If I didn't care, I

Silence.

looked at his

'I don't know.'

"Finally done moping around?"

to

It was the jester!

struck

was standing beside Shang, hammer still in

now, it looked like a cheap

lot of work into this puppet! Don't call it

widened in

He didn't say that.

He only thought-

'Oh. It's him.'

wide and creepy grin. "I

to disagree with the God in

you here?"

be here?" the jester asked with a smirk. "This is my world. I can do

remained silent for a

"I noticed," Shang said.

was a definite implication in the way he

mad," the jester said as he walked around Shang's atrophied body, every step making

me? Is that it?" the jester asked with a wide

Shang didn't answer.

loudly laughed. "Then

he didn't even think about disagreeing

nothing

just like the

only existed because the Storm Eagle didn't want to destroy

Why did Shang exist?

was Shang in

Shang's purpose

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