Sword God in a World of Magic

Before Shang left his inner world, he thought about Lucius' words again.

'I'm not sure how to feel about what I've read,' Shang thought as he furrowed his brows.

'The world is not bad? Maybe, but I don't know. I've felt the effects of the persecution of the other Paths personally.'

'I've seen how the Council and the Dukes suppress the warriors just because they fear their power.'

'The Skythunder Kingdom would be the most powerful Kingdom as long as the Council supports the warriors. The warriors didn't even want to rise up initially, but everything the Council had done over the past decades has pushed them away from them.'

'Everyone is only interested in their own power, and I'm not any better. To achieve my goal, I'm even willing to push the world into a calamity.'

Shang was not someone that loved the world as much as Lucius.

Someone of Lucius' power didn't need to fear anyone, and he could appreciate the beauty of the world.

But Shang was in the middle of a huge war just because he was not a Mage.

A moment later, a different thought entered Shang's mind.

'Although, Jerald is not like the other Mages. Mages, as well as warriors, are willing to follow him. The only reason why we have so few Mages is that they are afraid of fighting against the Council. No one wants to join the side that is most likely to lose in a war unless their very lives are on the line.'

'King Skythunder also doesn't seem to care a lot about warriors and Mages, but that's understandable. From what I know, he has once been a barbarian before he became a Mage. He has a different outlook.'

At that point, Shang thought about the world he had seen around 70 years ago.

The farmers in the Farm Line had peaceful lives, and the students of the Warrior Academy had been in high spirits. They were young children that looked at the future with bright and glowing eyes.

The hunters and Mages had no big conflicts back then, and Warrior's Paradise had been bustling with activity and life.

As Shang thought about the time he had been a teenager, he could imagine finding the world beautiful.

For a while, Shang only evaluated his own thoughts.

'I don't know if I find the world beautiful or not,' he thought. 'Lucius' words don't change a thing.'

'However, if I actually have a chance to get rid of the Abominations without jeopardizing my own growth, I will do it.'

Even though Shang felt a deep connection with the Abominations, there was still a fundamental difference between them.

The Abominations wanted the world to stop existing.

Shang didn't want that.

nothingness as the only

he wanted to live, the vast majority

Abominations

'Nothing changes.'

mind, Shang left his

a humongous cave deep underground, Shang

"Welcome back."

looked over and saw Jerald beside

Shang's body while he was undergoing the

nodded and stood

Shang with furrowed eyes and

he said. "I presume this

can see through my real Affinity anymore. That means that I

little. "That is great to hear, but

be honest, I could have chosen two other rewards that would have increased my power, but I value my future above

Making the plan succeed is definitely important, but it is only of momentary importance, and it only functions as an intermediary goal. The true goals

"Sorry," Shang said.

said. "I would have done

the reasons why they had waited for

that increased his power even

the wait had been

but at least it

increased his power immediately. After all, the purpose of the plan was to take revenge for

also knew that he couldn't force his own priorities and wishes on

Jerald with his life, and Jerald didn't want

stuff he had learned from Lucius' letter. Naturally, he didn't tell Jerald about the Children of

happened in the trial from Shang,

my worries were unfounded," he said. "Your power should be

but I cared for George and the entire Storm Eagle Zone. The prosperous and lively land from back then no longer exists,

little bit.

and he could only imagine how the atmosphere in the Storm Eagle Zone was, but Jerald was there

power and authority of the stationed soldiers intimidated all the

completely vanished from Warrior's Paradise, and a cloud of grey uncertainty and fear hung over

Warrior's Paradise had been an oddity in the past, now it

than ever, but there was no

classes and urgency eradicated joyful training and replaced

students no longer viewed their future with colorful and bright