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.

hostility had vanished, replaced

me," Jerald answered after a

didn't want to see my only friend in the world die. I didn't

against you, Jerald. I have

intentions of other people, but you can see their actions, and my actions have said that I am by your side and that

my secret change the impact

life for you and that you risked your life

Silence.

the

didn't answer for a long

to hear your side of the story first," Jerald said

the Child of Calamity. For several days, I couldn't think straight. The one friend that had been by

a long time, I couldn't understand how you can value

world is dead and empty? You might

a goal. It is a tool that we use

what kind of person you had to be to

be dead

an answer as to

I wanted to hear your side

to hear your

was afraid of

couldn't think of a good justification, and I was

that happened, I would need to kill

with eyes filled with

didn't want

"So, I simply waited."

out of

you just kept

For, if I contacted you, I

passed, and eventually, I even blocked out your

hoped that you would

continued on with

"I remarried."

"I had children."

"I led a Kingdom."

dreading another encounter with you passed, and I was happy with

Communication Crystal

nightmares have become a

arrived, and I couldn't run from

I would kill

Shang didn't react.

Jerald sighed.

CRACK!

invisible Mana Shield around Jerald appeared, and it broke into

intending to die to

weak to see

Jerald looked into Shang's eye, a relieved smile on his