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.

be perfectly

you probably already know," Shang said slowly, "I noticed that the way others reached

expression

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 is related

had also used during a time he didn't remember while also trying to appear honest and natural in his delivery in front of

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

After that, I would be left with two things, each with parts of my Affinities. That should theoretically

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 be

I chose Addition and Subtraction,"

but he still hesitated and stuttered slightly

just too much he had

kept looking at Shang,

of silence

was beyond

Then, the Keeper sighed.

we can't trust you,"

you talking about?" Shang

not," the Keeper

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 a

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

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

that simply isn't

snorted. "Are you

like that's the only

Keeper raised

don't remember our conversation, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that I do not have a Temperature Affinity!" Shang said

no idea why I said what I said,

Nobody can have four Affinities at once. It's

do not have

Keeper remained silent as