Sword God in a World of Magic

Nobody said anything for a while.

Jerald put the letter to the side, and Shang summoned it back into his inner world.

"Are you telling the truth?" Jerald asked. "Will you do your best to stop the Abominations?"

Shang nodded. "The reason why Lucius failed is the God. The two of them have battled each other, and the God won."

"I don't plan to lose against the God."

"Lucius didn't know what he was up against, but I do."

Then, Shang looked towards the ceiling. "And maybe that is one of the reasons why the God has sent me here."

"There hasn't been another God in a long while, and the God probably wants someone he can fight with. He certainly didn't try to dissuade me from hating him."

"I don't know the origins of the Abominations, but I'm sure that the God knows of their origins. Yet, he didn't tell anybody, and he didn't do anything to stop them."

"In fact, he even gave me this Affinity, knowing fully well that the Abominations will become more powerful."

"Nevertheless, I want to kill the God and get rid of the Abominations. That's my goal."

Jerald didn't answer for a while.

"What if stopping the Abominations requires sacrificing your life?" Jerald asked.

"I don't know," Shang said after a couple of seconds. "When I have killed the God, I would have already reached the peak of power. By that point, there would be no more way to grow more powerful."

"I don't know what I would do then. Would my life be empty? Would I feel fulfilled?"

"One thing is clear. I am not someone that survives just because I want to survive. If there is nothing but emptiness and aimlessness in my life, I might be okay with sacrificing my life for the world."

"But first, I want to achieve my goals, and I won't entertain any thoughts for after I have reached my goals."

Jerald remained quiet for several seconds as he struggled with himself.

"How can I trust your words?" he asked.

"Jerald," Shang started, "you said that I am cold, selfish, and apathetic."

Jerald didn't answer.

"Then, tell me…"

"Why did I not flee towards the outside world during the civil war?"

"You wanted to kill the Council no matter what. You wanted revenge for Mattheo and George."

"Yet, you know very well that I view my own goals with the highest priority. Staying in the Skythunder Kingdom to fight the Council was an unnecessary risk."

"I could have simply gone towards the south, past the Storm Eagle Zone, jump down the Abyss, and enter the outside world."

"But I didn't."

"Why?" Shang asked.

Jerald looked at Shang.

his hostility had

me," Jerald answered after

repeated. "I didn't want to see my only friend in the world die. I didn't want to see you lose your life while I had the power to

never gone against you, Jerald.

people, but you can see their actions, and my actions have said

knowing my secret change the

the fact that I risked my life

Silence.

looked to the ground with a

didn't answer for

hear your side of the story first," Jerald said

told me of the Child of Calamity. For several days, I couldn't think straight. The one friend that had been by my side the longest is the enemy of

can value your

You might as well be the weakest human at that point, and it wouldn't

a tool, not a goal. It is a tool that we

of person you

called Relon, you would be dead within minutes, and I would have saved maybe

come up with an answer as to why you were choosing yourself

anything, I wanted to

to hear your justification

was afraid of the

a good justification, and I was afraid of

I would need to kill

looked at the ground with eyes

want to do

"So, I simply waited."

out

just kept

want to contact you. For, if I contacted you, I

I even blocked out your

hoped that you

on

"I remarried."

"I had children."

"I led a Kingdom."

dark days of dreading another encounter with you passed, and I

my Communication Crystal

have

ultimately arrived, and I couldn't run from it

day where I would kill you

Shang didn't react.

Jerald sighed.

CRACK!

Mana Shield around Jerald appeared, and it broke

intending to die to

myself appear weak

into Shang's eye, a