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

that title in the most

tried to kill the

the Archivist killed

Path had attacked him,

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

then, the bloodshed calmed

Why?

The Abominations.

Abominations started to become quite a

now, there were even some Abominations in the Fifth Realm appearing every couple

humanity found the

The Child of Calamity.

Child of Calamity

Archivist heard that, he

that something like a Child of

and weakening of Abominations and would have

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

the Archivist quickly found out

Gate.

of Calamity was a gate

stronger the Child of Calamity became,

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

they killed a Child of Calamity, a new one would appear

many different methods, they found the best

of Calamity some money, a nice place to live, and status, and let them live in happiness. As long as they didn't become more powerful, everything was okay, and the Abominations

many years, humanity returned to bloodshed, but they still kept

the unlikeliest of Paths

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

Mages.

And their leader...

Lucius Volstad.

His power was... scary.

wrote in the book that Lucius Volstad had a level of talent he had never seen before

Abominations also became more

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

sign of being the Child

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

be the Child of