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

that

tried to kill

Archivist

attacked him,

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

the

Why?

The Abominations.

to become quite a

now, there were even some Abominations in

was when humanity found the

The Child of Calamity.

the Child of Calamity determined

the Archivist heard that, he became

was very certain that something like a Child of Calamity

the rapid strengthening and weakening of

appeared for the first time, the Abominations started to

quickly found out

Gate.

Child of Calamity was a

stronger the Child of Calamity became, the bigger the gate

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

a Child of Calamity,

methods, they

the Child of Calamity some money, a nice place to live, and status, and let them live in happiness. As long

they still kept the Child of Calamity in their

of

Path that wasn't even considered powerful by the

Mages.

And their leader...

Lucius Volstad.

His power was... scary.

Volstad had a level of talent he had never seen before in

Abominations also became

Lucius very closely since the power of the Abominations was

showed no sign of being

was quite confident that a Mage Lord wouldn't be able to fool the eyes of the first and

be the