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

noticed that the way others reached the True Path Stage was not strong

Keeper's expression

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 Fire

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 front of

I knew that fusing them would be the

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

have needed to comprehend the Concept of Temperature, and since I have no Affinity for either of the two components, I

why I chose Addition and

absolute best, but he still

was just too much he had to pay

looking at Shang, not

seconds of

atmosphere was beyond

Then, the Keeper sighed.

can't

about?" Shang asked

not,"

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 your Fire and Ice Affinities without revealing that you have them," the Keeper said with

am extremely powerful, but I refuse to believe that there is someone with

voice. "I didn't make this up. You told me. You were the one

simply isn't true,"

"Are you telling me you

only

Keeper raised

but I can tell you with absolute certainty that I do not have

idea why I said what I

Nobody can have four Affinities at once. It's not even clear if

you that I do not have a

remained silent as