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

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

expression

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

was 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

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

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

have needed to comprehend the 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

why I chose Addition and

best, but he still hesitated

much he had to pay

only kept looking at Shang, not reacting in

seconds of

was

Then, the Keeper sighed.

we can't trust

about?" Shang asked with

were not," the

States because you have four Affinities. You told me, and the 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

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

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

that simply isn't

"Are you telling me

the only explanation,"

raised an

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

said what I said, but it simply

four Affinities at once. It's

assure you that I do not

Keeper remained silent as she