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

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

expression

Path wasn't enough for me. Because of that, I decided to use Ice and Fire as secondary Elements. Ice is related to Darkness,

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 front

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

two things, each with parts of my Affinities. That should theoretically make it easier to

I would have needed to comprehend the Concept of Temperature, and since I have 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 should

chose Addition and Subtraction,"

still

was just too much he had to pay

Keeper only kept looking at Shang, not reacting

of

atmosphere was

Then, the Keeper sighed.

like we can't trust you,"

you talking about?" Shang asked with annoyance. "I

you were not," the

me, and the reason why you chose Addition over Twilight is that you can't train in your Fire and Ice Affinities

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

You told me. You

but that simply isn't

snorted. "Are you telling

like that's the only

raised an

but I can tell you with absolute certainty that

why I said what I said, but it simply isn't

a good lie! Nobody can have four Affinities at once. It's not even clear

do not have a Temperature

remained silent as she looked