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

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

expression didn't

create more Paths since perfecting one Path wasn't enough for me. Because of that, I decided to use Ice and Fire as secondary

wild as it tried to come up with a believable lie that he had also used during a time he didn't remember

my States since I knew that fusing them would be the easiest. The problem was fusing

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

of the two components, I would be left with one State

I chose Addition and Subtraction," Shang

but he still hesitated and stuttered slightly in a

too much he had to

only kept looking at Shang, not

of

atmosphere was beyond

Then, the Keeper sighed.

like we can't trust

talking about?" Shang asked with annoyance. "I

you were not,"

reason why you chose Addition over Twilight is that you can't train in

extremely powerful, but I refuse to believe that there is someone with four Affinities out there. That

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

simply isn't true," Shang

you telling

like that's the only explanation," Shang

Keeper raised

don't remember our conversation, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that I do not have a

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

isn't even a good lie! Nobody can have four Affinities at

not have a Temperature

silent as