Sword God in a World of Magic

Over the next ten years, Shang continued experimenting with the Abominations while also absorbing them.

Surprisingly, being amongst other Abominations while he himself was influenced by an Abomination's will didn't make any difference.

Shang had expected that he would probably feel some kind of connection with the other Abominations while his mindset temporarily emulated all of them, but he didn't feel anything like that.

This told Shang that Abominations were not herd animals or something like that.

Yet, that was actually quite contradictory.

The mindset of an Abomination was filled with hate and the will to destroy. An Abomination wanted to destroy absolutely everything around it, even if it meant that it would die as well.

And yet, they didn't attack each other.

This would make sense if there were some kind of kinship between the Abominations, but there wasn't anything like that.

So, when there was no social connection between them, why didn't their will to destroy also include other Abominations?

In the end, Shang could only guess that the will to destroy everything was only targeted toward anything created with Mana.

Since other Abominations weren't made of Mana, an Abomination wouldn't feel a desire to destroy them, even when attacked by one.

Over the past ten years, Shang had tried many things on the Abominations.

He had tortured them, suppressed them, killed them, and so on.

And yet, no matter what he did, the Abominations never felt anything other than their typical desire to destroy.

That desire didn't even extend to the being that inflicted pain on them.

Shang could order one Abomination to kill another Abomination very slowly, and the other Abomination would continue attacking the wall as if nothing was happening.

Even Shang could attack an Abomination as much as he wanted. The Abomination would never defend itself or try to kill Shang.

It was like they were mindless, but they couldn't be completely mindless since they actually had a desire.

Abominations were very strange.

up, Shang exited his Isolation Barrier after closing the door

back," Linay said from the top of the barrier. "In the past ten years, I have seen three Ancestral Mages, one Archmage,

handed a list to Shang, who

He saw nothing suspicious.

on the ore or the

Ring. "Here are all the ores below the Mage King Realm. The ore inside the Mage King Realm will probably take another 30 or so years, and I am uncertain about the Mage Emperor

took the ring

a bit of ore in

return in 30 years then," he

"Of course," Linay answered.

again and went back

he continued learning about Abominations while also

would help him comprehend the mysterious level five Concept

requested. We have also made some progress on the Mage Emperor ores, but it's much more difficult to get those than expected. The Custodian even

of the

hard and powerful that Shang

now, these

troubles up to the

Shang to find powerful ore since only the most

problem had essentially vanished, but Shang expected that the problem would return

the negotiations?"

made some progress, but the Land and Sky Empire is still making it difficult. We know that the Land and Sky Empire knows that this is for you, which is why they are

causing as much chaos as possible would make it easier and quicker for you since the Land and Sky Empire would want you to leave. They would

happen," Shang

I was under the impression that you

to

I am not joining the

"Which is?" Linay asked.

wanted to force me to join the frontline against my will, and after I declined, she sent a Mage Lord to

issue. Naturally, the Thunder's actions are beyond reproachable, and I will make sure that everything has been properly

"No," Shang said.

"No?" Linay asked.