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

way others reached the True Path Stage was not strong enough for

Keeper's expression

of that, I decided to use Ice and Fire as secondary Elements. Ice is

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 Mage

ends of my States since I knew that fusing

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

I would have needed to comprehend the Concept of Temperature, and since I have no Affinity for either of the two components, I would

I chose Addition and

absolute best, but he still hesitated and stuttered slightly in a couple of

was just too much he had to

kept looking at Shang, not reacting

seconds of

was beyond

Then, the Keeper sighed.

we can't trust you," she

you talking about?" Shang

you were not,"

you have four 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,"

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

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

that simply isn't true," Shang

you telling

that's the only explanation," Shang quickly

Keeper raised an

absolute certainty that I

no idea why I said what I said, but

a good lie! Nobody can have four Affinities at once. It's not even clear if there's someone

not have a Temperature

as she