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."

thing you can't do is to

stake, you are not even willing to make such a small sacrifice,"

think about yourself, and you will destroy absolutely anything that

we crossed eyes earlier, I was still uncertain about

hostility and hatred in your

heard that, he felt a stinging pain

a while, Shang didn't

Affinity?" Shang asked. "Working towards my goal means endangering

kill people, and I can't control every single Abomination that appears in this world. As I become stronger, everyone I care about will be

more people spend time with

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

great and all, but what point is

point is there to power when you feel nothing but grey emptiness all

in living for a long time when the long time you have is wasted on so much training that years

before the horse, Shang! We don't live to become powerful. We become

Shang. Just one little sacrifice of not training anymore would not only save millions, if not billions, of people but also allow you to live a happy and

as you don't train,

except for the reason that you

back with a narrowed eye. "Everyone else can become powerful, but I'm the only one that's not allowed to?!

don't," he said slowly. "Not when it

everything around you will turn into a

Jerald looked at each other

greater purpose to my

Jerald's eyes narrowed.

SHING!

Shang's right hand, and Shang threw

purpose," Shang said

as he looked at the long letter Shang had just thrown