Sword God in a World of Magic

What after that?

At that moment, Shang's thoughts began to turn more and more abstract.

He was trying to think of something, but all his thoughts somehow stopped making sense.

He was thinking of something, but he had no idea what he was thinking about.

It was just a weird and indiscernible mess.

Shang was just sitting there, not moving.

He was just thinking.

Wait, what was he thinking about?

He didn't remember.

'Can't be that important if I forgot,' Shang thought. 'Anyway, it's interesting to know what led me down to my current Path.'

'Killing the God, huh?'

'Sure, I can do that.'

'Then, I will get rid of the Abominations as long as it doesn't require me to sacrifice myself or something like that. And finally, I will find a way to become even more powerful.'

'I refuse to believe that becoming a God is the end.'

"You haven't answered my question yet," the Lightning Emperor suddenly said.

Shang was pulled out of his thoughts and returned to reality.

He had completely forgotten that he was sitting in front of the Lightning Emperor just now.

"What was the question?" Shang asked.

"Why do you want to become a God?" the Lightning Emperor asked.

Shang didn't immediately answer because he realized that he was now in a troublesome situation.

Earlier, he could have answered that question with no problems.

Because he wanted to become more powerful.

But now, Shang had remembered the original reason for wanting to become so powerful.

could tell the truth from lies, and he also

was he supposed to

wanted to become a God, but that reason

Emperor uttered with some interest. "Please, tell

become a God because I

Shang said

Emperor said with a nod. "Nevertheless, I want to hear your

don't want to tell

and a polite but strict expression replaced

are free to refuse to answer, but in that case, I will assume the worst possible reason and base my judgment on that. In this case, I am assuming you want to subjugate the

you are a God, you would have already

Sword," the Lightning Emperor said. "Nearly every other Emperor has been my personal friend for a very long time. We traveled together, trained together,

my

saying that you want to become a God, you have essentially told

terms with the reason that everyone deserves a shot at becoming powerful and realizing their destiny, but is that still true when that person has directly told you that they are

Silence.

here because I want to find a reason to kill you. This

of it," the Lightning Emperor

Silence.

felt a strong feeling of

like he

then, he remembered his last conversation with

was

there were still

the Lightning Emperor

didn't have the power to kill the Lightning

didn't know that Shang was the Child

what was your original reason for wanting to become a God?" the

Silence.

wanted to kill

person or several?" the Lightning Emperor

"Only one," Shang answered.

The Lightning Emperor.

one person wasn't that

that person?" the Lightning

I'm

Emperor raised an eyebrow as he

was certain

be certain of whom the Lightning

so certain?"

doesn't want to be known, and if he doesn't show

Lightning Emperor uttered as he leaned forward a bit. "And who