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.

proved to be one of

yet, the Mages lost that title

strongest Mage tried to kill

Archivist killed

him, and the Archivist

Path, and the other Paths wouldn't

then, the

Why?

The Abominations.

started to become

more powerful, and now, there were even some Abominations

was when humanity found

The Child of Calamity.

Child of Calamity

that, he became very

like a Child of Calamity didn't exist for a very

of Abominations and would have connected them

as soon as the Child of Calamity appeared for the first time, the Abominations started to

the Archivist quickly

Gate.

was a gate for

Child of Calamity became, the bigger the

the world, and all of humanity worked together to find a way

of

out many different methods,

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

years, humanity returned to bloodshed, but they still

unlikeliest of Paths made a

even considered powerful by the

Mages.

And their leader...

Lucius Volstad.

His power was... scary.

in the book that Lucius Volstad had a level of

Abominations also became more

the Archivist inspected Lucius very closely since the power of

Lucius showed no sign of being the

been a Mage Lord when the Archivist inspected him, and the Archivist was quite confident that a Mage Lord wouldn't be able to fool the eyes of the first and most powerful Mage, who was over six million years

couldn't be the