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

the Mages lost that

Mage tried to kill the Archivist for

Archivist killed

attacked him, and the

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

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

was when humanity

The Child of Calamity.

of Calamity determined the power

Archivist heard that, he became

that something like a Child of Calamity didn't

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

first time,

Archivist quickly

Gate.

was a gate for the

stronger the Child of Calamity became, the bigger the

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

they killed a Child of

different methods, they found the

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

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

then, the unlikeliest of Paths made

that wasn't even considered powerful by the rulers

Mages.

And their leader...

Lucius Volstad.

His power was... scary.

Lucius Volstad had a level of talent he had

also became more

since the power of the

Lucius showed no sign of being the Child

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

be the Child