Sword God in a World of Magic

As soon as the Keeper asked that question, Shang was thrown into a problematic situation again.

Yes, he was supposed to trust them and tell them truthfully about his powers, but he couldn't possibly tell them the real truth right now.

Obviously, Shang decided to go with Addition and Subtraction first since that represented the concept of Entropy better. Additionally, the contrast between Addition and Subtraction made it more fitting for a dual wield style. Twilight and Temperature didn't fit very well.

Lastly, comprehending Temperature would have been extremely difficult since Shang would be focusing on two Elements that weren't related to his Affinity.

Addition was related to Shang's supposed Twilight Affinity since it included light.

Subtraction was related to Shang's supposed Twilight Affinity since it included darkness.

But Temperature?

Fire and Ice?

How was that related to Light and Darkness?

So, Shang couldn't possibly be honest.

"Because I want to keep it as a joker," Shang said.

The Keeper furrowed her brows. "Explain."

"I have four States, and my goal is to reduce them to one."

At that point, Shang's mind had to come up with a possible explanation he might have used to explain why he had four States.

This wasn't easy at all, and it put Shang's mind under a lot of pressure.

He was walking a tightrope right now, and if he lost balance, he might die.

He couldn't lie, but he also couldn't be completely honest.

to be perfectly in

know," Shang said slowly, "I noticed that the way others

Keeper's expression didn't

somehow create more Paths since perfecting one Path wasn't enough for me. Because of that, I decided to use Ice and Fire as secondary Elements. Ice is related to Darkness, and

come up with a believable lie that he had also used during a time he didn't remember

the two ends of my States since I knew that fusing them would be the easiest. The problem was fusing

and Subtraction are easy fusions since both of them include parts of my Affinities. After that, I would be left with two things, each with parts of my Affinities. That should theoretically make it easier to fuse. The Concept of Twilight will then be used

and since I have no Affinity for either of the two components,

Addition and Subtraction,"

was doing his absolute best, but he still hesitated and stuttered slightly in a

much he had to

only kept looking at Shang,

of

atmosphere was

Then, the Keeper sighed.

can't trust you," she

about?" Shang asked

you were not,"

know that you have four States because you have four Affinities. You told me, and the reason why you chose Addition over Twilight is

am extremely powerful, but I refuse to believe that there is someone with four Affinities out there.

make this up. You told me. You were the one that told me about it. There's

that simply isn't true,"

Keeper snorted. "Are you telling

only explanation," Shang quickly

Keeper raised an

absolute certainty that I do not have a Temperature Affinity!" Shang

have no idea why I said what I said, but it simply

Affinities at once. It's not even clear if there's someone

you that I do not have

silent as she