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.

be one of the most

Mages lost that title in

to kill the Archivist

Archivist

Archivist's Path had attacked him, and the Archivist

fell to a tertiary Path, and the other

the bloodshed calmed

Why?

The Abominations.

started to become quite a

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

humanity found

The Child of Calamity.

power of the Child of Calamity determined the power of

Archivist heard that,

Child of Calamity

and weakening of Abominations and would have connected them with

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

the Archivist quickly found out

Gate.

of Calamity was a gate

stronger the Child of Calamity became, the

Child of Calamity, the Abominations became a true threat to the world,

of Calamity, a new one

many different methods,

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

years, humanity returned to bloodshed, but they still kept the Child of Calamity

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.

Volstad had a level of talent he had never

also

since the power of the Abominations was

of being the Child

him, 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