Sword God in a World of Magic

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?'

is the antithesis of everything we

Entropy, nothing is

space has become

change, time has

there

that

'There is just nothing!'

silent as he looked at the ground

if I become more powerful?

I start destroying everything around

a while, Shang wasn't sure what he was

about something, but he

only knew that he

trying to untangle this web

trying to

He didn't know.

But, eventually, Shang sighed.

on his back as he held his last arm towards the sun in his

only looked

This arm couldn't create.

It could only destroy.

rise to power

'I don't know.'

his arm for a

Then, Shang sighed again.

of this.

can still

is that

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

Silence.

only looked at his

'I don't know.'

"Finally done moping around?"

a squeaky noise and barely managed to move his weak body to look

It was the jester!

one that always struck the bell

standing beside Shang,

it looked like a

this puppet! Don't call it a cheap machine!" the jester

widened in

He didn't say that.

He only thought-

'Oh. It's him.'

enough, it's me," the jester said with a wide and creepy grin. "I always had a

did his best not to disagree with

are you here?"

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

remained silent

"I noticed," Shang said.

implication in the way he said

as he walked around Shang's atrophied

mad that you have to entertain me? Is that it?" the

Shang didn't answer.

he loudly laughed. "Then

he didn't even think

nothing Shang

God was just like the

only existed because the Storm Eagle didn't want

Why did Shang exist?

was Shang in

Shang's purpose