Sword God in a World of Magic

This time, many different Paths developed at a similar rate.

And eventually, they found the Archivist again.

For the first time, the Paths didn't restrict the Archivist, but they also didn't get rid of his existing suppressions.

This little kindness was probably the very thing that saved all of humanity.

The Archivist told them about what had happened to all the other Paths in the past, but this time, he told them very directly that they were not powerful enough to oppose the legendary beasts.

They needed to gather more power.

The Paths believed the Archivist, and instead of directly attacking the legendary beasts, they decided to just continue living normally.

Many periods of peace and war passed.

The Paths worked closely together, split apart to fight each other, made peace and worked together, and split apart again.

The political landscape changed rapidly, but one thing remained consistent.

Humanity was becoming more powerful than it had ever been before.

Eventually, the Archivist told them that they were probably powerful enough to fight the legendary beasts.

So, humanity banded together to kill the legendary beasts.

And rapidly killed them without even losing a single person.

It was very underwhelming.

Even the Archivist had been surprised by the sheer power humanity had achieved.

For the first time in nearly six million years, humanity had become the ruler of the world again.

And yet, this was the very thing that turned the world into hell.

With the threat of the super-powerful beasts gone, humanity no longer had any reservations.

War!

Power!

It was a brutal era of bloodshed.

one of the most powerful

yet, the Mages lost that title

to kill

the Archivist killed

Path had attacked him,

to a tertiary Path, and the other Paths wouldn't allow for the

the

Why?

The Abominations.

started to become quite

and more powerful, and now, there

was when humanity

The Child of Calamity.

of the Child of Calamity determined the power of the

that, he

that something like a Child of Calamity

of Abominations and would have connected them with a

Calamity appeared for the first time,

Archivist quickly

Gate.

Calamity was a

stronger the Child of Calamity became,

Child of Calamity, the Abominations became a true threat to the world, and all of humanity worked together to

every time they killed a Child of

methods, they

and let them live in happiness. As long as they didn't become more powerful, everything was

bloodshed, but they still kept

unlikeliest of Paths

considered powerful by the rulers

Mages.

And their leader...

Lucius Volstad.

His power was... scary.

Archivist wrote in the book that Lucius Volstad had a level of talent

Abominations also became more

Lucius very closely since the power of the Abominations was too similar

sign of

Mage Lord wouldn't be able to fool the eyes of the first and most powerful Mage, who

be the Child