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 perfectly in the

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

expression didn't

decided to use Ice and Fire as secondary Elements. Ice is related to

a believable lie that he had also used during a time he didn't remember while also

made Light and Darkness the two ends of my States since I knew that fusing them would be the easiest. The problem was fusing everything

would be left with two things, each with parts 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 extremely difficult

Addition

doing his absolute best, but he still hesitated and stuttered

much he had to pay

Keeper only kept looking at Shang, not reacting in

seconds of

atmosphere was

Then, the Keeper sighed.

like we can't trust

Shang asked

you were not," the

chose Addition over Twilight is that you

but I refuse to believe that there is someone with four Affinities out there.

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

simply isn't

"Are you telling me you

like that's the only explanation," Shang

raised

our conversation, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that I do not have a Temperature

what I

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

not have a Temperature

silent as she