Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang wasn't sure if that was good or bad.

For now, he decided to remain silent.

"Let me explain my conundrum with a metaphor," the Lightning Emperor said.

"Imagine you are a mortal and live in a village with 50 other villagers. You don't have any sort of real societal standards and norms, and the strongest person in the village is the leader."

"Now, imagine there is a council of five leaders since they don't want to fight each other for whatever reason, and you are one of them."

"One day, you find the offspring of a very powerful beast, which is far more powerful than any member of the council."

"You nurture it, and it follows you."

"Yet, it doesn't completely follow your commands, and you know that there is a chance that it might attack you and everyone else. After all, it is still a wild beast."

"But maybe, it will also help you."

"But also only you. What if it attacks any of the others in the village?"

"Right now, the beast is still a baby."

"So, what do you do?"

"Do you nurture it?"

"Do you kill it?"

"Do you ask the others?"

The Lightning Emperor drank another mouthful of tea.

"Everything about this beast screams risk at you. No matter what happens, it will be a risk. If it isn't one for you, it definitely will be one for the village."

"But you like the village. You live in the village. You are happy with the village."

"You don't want your beast to kill other villagers."

"But it very likely will."

"So, what would you do?" the Lightning Emperor asked.

Spirit Sense focused on the

answer would

Should he lie?

even

the skills to lie in

for

good reason, this

the responsibility of the decision to the Lightning Emperor? After

give

someone else should do, what the village should do, or what the morally correct thing to

Emperor answered as he drank more

the village," Shang said. "If

Lightning Emperor didn't show

smartest choice for the village is to either collectively raise the beast to make it follow everyone's orders

Emperor

depend on their ambition. Is it worth the risk to nurture it for the eventual payoff? The person could become the leader of the village. Maybe, they

interest,

as for what I

would let it

the Lightning

existence has no impact or relevance,"

Lightning

goal is to be the strongest,"

if I want to have any shot at reaching my goal. Even more, the beast's growth might even give me the incentive

turns out that the beast is stronger than me, it means my

might as well

Silence.

at Shang with a bit of

me to

emotionlessly. "I told you what I would do. I know that my own goals and

"You are not me."

in your case, it doesn't mean that you should make that choice

bit extreme. Is your

said. "I sacrificed

but among billions, trillions, quadrillions,

those geniuses, how many of them

only a thousand people left from one trillion people, that is still a thousand people that I have to defeat if

them from