Sword God in a World of Magic

A harsh wind blew.

On top of a hill was a broken castle.

Mere moments ago, this castle had been whole.

Now, the back of the castle was missing.

What had once been a room was now a ruin.

Half-broken walls were behind Shang as the bright sun shone down on him.

The bright sun didn't reflect Shang's feelings, but the weather didn't care about the feelings of living beings.

Shang's body had become a husk. Nearly all his muscles had shrunk to a sickly degree, making him look like a skeleton with merely some skin on it.

The two empty eye-sockets only strengthened this perception.

About 140 years ago, Shang sacrificed his left eye.

Today, he had sacrificed his right eye.

Shang couldn't possibly sacrifice his arms or legs since that would severely weaken his Battle-Strength.

Organs couldn't be sacrificed because that would reduce Shang's maximum life energy tremendously.

The ears or the nose weren't enough to achieve any kind of significant power with Entropy.

Shang had decided to go with the eye.

Due to his Spirit Sense, he wasn't reliant on vision anymore.

However, all of this was actually only of secondary importance.

In fact, Shang didn't even really think about what to sacrifice.

His mind had been someplace else.

Jerald.

His friend.

His only friend.

His closest companion.

Shang's life had always been surrounded by a cloud of darkness.

His Affinity made it impossible for him to have friends or companions.

His goal made it impossible for him to have friends or companions.

He was alone.

The world was dark.

His life was dark.

Shang was willing to walk

had walked into

stopped searching for power, he wouldn't need to be

But he couldn't.

to

the only purpose of his

more purposes

Shang had stepped onto

the end of the path, no matter

The consequences didn't matter.

The sacrifices didn't matter.

The price didn't matter.

wanted to reach

needed to

had always believed that he had

he had already come to

he realized the true weight of

this dark and lonely journey, Jerald had been

A ray of light.

nice in a place of

actually that hard to walk

at the hand lying in

hand had Jerald's Space Ring on it, and Shang

he destroyed the Communication Crystal that Relon had given Jerald, Relon would know that Jerald

several seconds, Shang's empty eye-sockets only stared at

He didn't move.

blew across

mercilessly shone down on the

was so

only saw

of

Step.

still-standing part of the castle behind Shang, and her eyes widened in horror at what she

of the castle

What about King Storm?!

responsible for organizing everything

she saw Shang's husk and the solitary hand on the

world around her

around her

she could say or do anything, her head separated from her

Shang didn't move.

eye-sockets

more True Mages arrived shortly, but they died as soon as they

reason he was moving was that he was seeing

Sylvia was returning.

horrified expression on her face

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