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

said slowly, "I noticed that the way others reached the True Path Stage

Keeper's expression didn't

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

used during a time he

made Light and Darkness the two ends of my States since I knew that

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 Twilight will

Concept of Temperature, and since I have no Affinity for either of the two components, I would be left with one State that

chose Addition and

doing his absolute best, but he still hesitated and stuttered

was just too much he had to pay

only kept looking at Shang, not reacting

seconds of

atmosphere was beyond

Then, the Keeper sighed.

like we can't

you talking about?" Shang asked with annoyance. "I

were not," the Keeper

and the reason why you chose Addition over Twilight is that

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

this up. You told me. You

that simply isn't

Keeper snorted. "Are you

the only explanation," Shang

Keeper raised an

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

no idea why I said what I said, but it simply isn't

Affinities at

assure you that I do not have a

as she looked at