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 the

that title in the

kill the Archivist for his

Archivist killed

attacked him, and the Archivist destroyed

a tertiary Path, and

the bloodshed calmed

Why?

The Abominations.

to become

and more powerful, and now, there were even some Abominations in the Fifth Realm

was when humanity

The Child of Calamity.

of the Child of Calamity determined the power of the

that, he became

certain that something like a Child of Calamity

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

first time, the Abominations started to grow more powerful at a

quickly found out

Gate.

of Calamity was a gate for the

of Calamity became, the bigger

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

time they killed a Child of Calamity, a new one

methods,

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

but they still

then, the unlikeliest of Paths made a

that wasn't even considered powerful by the rulers of the

Mages.

And their leader...

Lucius Volstad.

His power was... scary.

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

Abominations also became more

power

showed no sign of

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

Lucius couldn't be the Child of