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

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

expression

for me. Because of that, I decided to use Ice and Fire as secondary Elements. Ice is

believable lie that he had also used during a time he didn't remember while also trying to appear honest and natural

Darkness the two ends of my States since I knew that fusing them would

each with parts of my Affinities. That should theoretically make it easier

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 be

I chose Addition

still hesitated

too much he had to

only kept looking at

of silence

was beyond

Then, the Keeper sighed.

like we can't trust you,"

Shang asked with

were not,"

Twilight is that you can't train in your Fire and Ice Affinities without revealing that

Shang said. "Yes, I know that I am extremely powerful, but I refuse to

"I didn't make this up. You

but that simply isn't true,"

snorted. "Are you

that's the only

Keeper raised an

you with absolute certainty that I do not

I said what I said, but

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

not

remained silent as she