Sword God in a World of Magic

Right now, Shang wasn't sure what he should think or feel.

He wanted to say that he was hurt and that he was shocked that Jerald would think that Shang would kill him.

Yet, Jerald's concerns were actually correct.

Why hadn't Shang told him?

Because Shang was afraid.

Not afraid of what Jerald would think of him, but afraid of Jerald killing him.

Shang wanted to tell Jerald, but he wanted to become powerful enough to resist Jerald first.

"I never wanted you to find out," Shang said slowly.

"Well, now I know," Jerald answered with furrowed brows.

After a while, Shang looked to the side. "You are the only friend I have left in this world, and I didn't want everything to break down between us."

"You are willing to do some bad things for your own power, Jerald, but you still have morals, and you care about the greater picture," Shang said. "I was afraid that if you knew about the reality of my Affinity, you would tell the world. I was afraid that you would sacrifice me for the world."

"Is that such a bad trade?" Jerald asked with a deadpan voice.

"Of course it's not a bad trade," Shang said. "Nearly everyone would choose to make that trade. Why would you want to doom millions, if not billions of people, to die early just so a friend of yours can continue on the path to power?"

"And that's why I couldn't tell you. You would do what's right, but what's right is not what I want," Shang said.

Jerald snorted. "Power? For power, you are willing to sacrifice the entire world," he said with some disdain. "You don't even need to die. You could just sit back, create a family, and live your life out in peace."

want. The only thing

even with an entire world at stake, you are not even willing

only think about yourself, and you will

crossed eyes earlier, I was still uncertain about the image

and hatred in your eye. You looked at me like you would look at

a stinging pain coming from

a while, Shang didn't

and selfish with this Affinity?" Shang asked. "Working towards

in this world. As I become stronger, everyone I care about will be under more

they actually stand beside me, I need to fear for my own life. The more people spend time with me, the more likely they are to find out the

don't talk like you didn't have a choice!" Jerald shouted. "Your choice was not the world

but what point is

to power when you

time when the long time you have is wasted on so much training that years pass

putting the cart before the horse, Shang! We don't live

Shang. Just one little sacrifice of not training anymore would not only save millions, if not

you don't train, you don't

is no point to your training except for the reason that you want to!" Jerald

can become powerful, but I'm the only one that's not allowed to?! Do I not have a right

slowly. "Not when it literally risks the continued existence of

of becoming powerful when everything around you will turn into a dead

at each other

want a greater purpose to my training?"

Jerald's eyes narrowed.

SHING!

something appeared in Shang's right hand, and Shang threw it to the ground

your purpose," Shang

at the long letter Shang had just