Sword God in a World of Magic

"Then, what's even the point of this entire conversation?" Shang asked.

"If everything is hopeless to begin with, and all of existence is doomed to die to the Abominations either way, what point would any of my actions have?"

The Lightning Emperor looked with a complicated expression at Shang.

He realized that he had painted a very bleak picture. While he didn't think that everything would be hopeless and meaningless in that case, he could see that wanting an answer from Shang for such a hypothetical would be intellectually dishonest for judging his actual character.

In the end, the Lightning Emperor was kind of relieved by Shang's answers.

Shang was a very dark person with very dark desires, but he was still far better than King Sanctified Death.

Even more, even if Shang were… it didn't matter.

Maybe, he wasn't even the first…

The Lightning Emperor felt the conflict of his emotions rising more and more, but he just pushed everything to the side again.

"Please, contact Sarah regarding the war. I will deal with all the opponents you will need. The best thing you can do is to buy us enough time to survive to the next phase of the war," the Lightning Emperor said in an effort to end the conversation.

Shang just nodded wordlessly.

The next moment, a portal opened in front of Shang that led to his Isolation Barrier to the north of Aterium, and Shang walked through it.

When Shang arrived, he looked at his fake left arm again for a second before contacting the Starlight Queen.

"You're back, Young Master Shang," she said with a polite tone.

"I am," Shang answered. "Is there anything you need me to do?"

but please be prepared to join a couple of battles in the next hours. If everything goes well, Young Master Shang can return to training

before cutting the

later, a portal opened in front of Shang, and he

occupant readied themselves for a battle, but they were killed

Peak Ancestral Mage with a twofold Spirit

opened as soon as Shang had killed his opponent, and he directly entered the next

annoyance as they ordered all

Mages again, effectively disabling 50% of the Ancestral Mages

Master Shang. You can now return to training,"

portal back to my Isolation Barrier?" Shang

I have a portal back, PLEASE," the Starlight Queen said with a slight chuckle. "Please, try to talk in a way that is befitting of your status,

said evenly, "or

Silence.

Ten seconds of silence.

her

of his

his inner Isolation

Addum and

Sword State and his Saber State, giving it its

reduction of the Long Sword State and the Great

had to combine his Addum and

would

needed something that could be used with all four

had created for all of his swords. His theoretical seventh sword should be able to unleash all

Concept of Transformation, Shang could easily transform Mana into whatever he

Void Break, Shang could fill his

for Shang to fill his sword with Darkness Mana and then transform all the Darkness Mana into