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.

Mages proved to be one of the most powerful

the Mages lost that

strongest Mage tried to kill the Archivist

the Archivist killed

him, and the

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

the bloodshed calmed

Why?

The Abominations.

Abominations started to

and now, there were even some

was when humanity

The Child of Calamity.

power of the Child of Calamity determined the power of

the Archivist heard that, he

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

would have noticed the rapid strengthening and weakening of Abominations and would have connected them with a living

Calamity appeared for the first

Archivist quickly

Gate.

Child of Calamity was a gate for the

the Child of Calamity became,

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

of Calamity, a new one

trying out many different methods, they found

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

but they still kept the

the unlikeliest of Paths made

wasn't even considered powerful

Mages.

And their leader...

Lucius Volstad.

His power was... scary.

a level of

Abominations also became more

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

sign of being the Child

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

couldn't be