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

me," Jerald answered after a

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

you, Jerald.

but you can see their actions, and my actions have said that I am

secret change the

that I risked my life for you and that

Silence.

looked to the ground with a worried

didn't answer for

hear your side of the story

friend that had been by my side the

how you can value your own power over

You might as well be the weakest human at that

a tool, not a goal. It is a tool that we use to achieve

couldn't fathom what kind of person you had to be

knew that if I simply called Relon, you would be dead within minutes, and I would

to why you were

wanted to hear

hear your

afraid

think of a good justification, and I was afraid

I would need to kill

at the ground with

I didn't want to do

"So, I simply waited."

came out of

just

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

passed, and eventually, I

you

on

"I remarried."

"I had children."

"I led a Kingdom."

encounter with you passed, and I was

Communication Crystal activated

nightmares have become

arrived, and I couldn't run from

day where I would kill you

Shang didn't react.

Jerald sighed.

CRACK!

Mana Shield around Jerald appeared, and

was never intending to die to you

myself appear weak to see your genuine

Shang's eye, a relieved smile