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.

had to be

slowly, "I noticed that the way others reached the True Path Stage was not

expression

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

mind was going wild as it tried to come up with a believable lie that he had also used during a time he didn't remember while also trying to appear honest and natural in his delivery in

knew that fusing them would

parts of my Affinities. That should theoretically make it easier to fuse. The Concept of Twilight will then be used as a bridge to connect

no Affinity for either of the two components, I would be left with one State that I have a great Affinity for and one with no Affinity. That

Addition and Subtraction,"

he still hesitated and stuttered slightly in a couple of

he had

at Shang, not reacting in any

of

was beyond

Then, the Keeper sighed.

like we can't trust

are you talking about?" Shang

not,"

that you have four States because you have four Affinities. You told me, and the reason why you chose Addition over Twilight is that you can't train in

"Yes, I know that I am extremely powerful, but I refuse to believe that there is someone with four Affinities out there. That would

with a dark and threatening voice. "I didn't make this up. You told me. You were the one that told

simply isn't

snorted. "Are you telling me you

that's the only explanation,"

Keeper raised an

can tell you with absolute certainty

idea why I said what I

four Affinities at once. It's not even

that I do not have a

silent as