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

the way others reached the True Path

Keeper's expression didn't

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

going wild as it tried to come up with a believable lie that he had also used during a

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

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

two components, I

why I chose Addition and Subtraction,"

but he still hesitated

was just too much he had

Keeper only kept looking at Shang,

seconds of silence

atmosphere was

Then, the Keeper sighed.

can't

Shang asked with annoyance. "I

you were not," the

Addition over Twilight is that you can't train in

don't," Shang said. "Yes, I know that I am extremely powerful, but I refuse to believe that

You told me. You were the one that told me about it. There's no

simply

"Are you

the only explanation," Shang

Keeper raised an

our conversation, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that

idea why I said what

can have four Affinities at once. It's

that I do not have a

remained silent as she