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

yet, the Mages lost that title

to kill

Archivist

had attacked him, and the

the most powerful Paths, the Mages fell to a tertiary Path, and the other Paths wouldn't allow for the

the bloodshed calmed

Why?

The Abominations.

to become quite

ages, the Abominations had become more and more powerful, and now, there were even some Abominations in the Fifth Realm appearing every

was when humanity found

The Child of Calamity.

the Child of Calamity determined the

that, he

very certain that something like a Child of Calamity didn't exist for

have noticed the rapid strengthening and weakening of Abominations and would

as soon as the Child of Calamity appeared for the first time, the Abominations started to grow more powerful at

Archivist quickly found

Gate.

of Calamity was a gate for the

the Child of Calamity became, the

world,

killed a Child of Calamity,

many different methods, they found the best

a nice place to live, and status, and let them live in happiness. As long as they didn't become more powerful,

humanity returned to bloodshed, but they

then, the unlikeliest of Paths made a

Path that wasn't even considered powerful

Mages.

And their leader...

Lucius Volstad.

His power was... scary.

in the book that Lucius Volstad had a level of talent he had never seen

Abominations also became

Archivist inspected Lucius very closely since the power

Lucius showed no sign of being

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

be