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

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

expression didn't

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

going wild as 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 of a

the two ends of my States since I knew

two things, each with parts of my Affinities. That should theoretically make it easier to fuse. The Concept of Twilight will then be

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

Addition and

best, but he still hesitated and

he had

Keeper only kept looking at Shang,

of

was beyond

Then, the Keeper sighed.

we can't trust you," she

about?" Shang

not," the Keeper

you chose Addition over Twilight is that

"Yes, I know that I am extremely powerful, but I refuse to believe that there is someone with four Affinities out there. That would

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

simply isn't true,"

"Are you

that's the only explanation,"

raised

you with absolute certainty that I do not have a Temperature

said what I said, but it simply isn't

have four Affinities at once. It's not

do not have a Temperature Affinity!"

remained silent as she looked at