Sword God in a World of Magic

The Lightning Emperor remained silent for a while, and Shang patiently waited for him to speak.

Finally, the Lightning Emperor sighed, accepting the situation. "What's there to do?" he asked with a tone of resignation. "I've known this all along, but I didn't want to face it."

The Lightning Emperor glanced to the side, seemingly lost in thought.

"Anti-Magic doesn't exist. It's merely the power of the Abominations. I should know. Lucius taught me a little about it."

"He taught you?" Shang inquired, sounding somewhat surprised.

The Lightning Emperor nodded. "Yes, he gave each of us a lesson in what he called Anti-Magic. I was the only one who gained anything from it. I learned how to transform Mana into what you call Entropy. Unfortunately, the Mana I use is consumed entirely, and I can only release about 30% of the stored power."

"People know that I killed Adam, but they are unaware of the extent of the destruction I caused. Well, the people there know, but those in the Lightning Manor don't. They aren't aware of the details," the Lightning Emperor explained.

"You can use Entropy?" Shang inquired.

"Entropy?" the Lightning Emperor repeated.

"That's what I call it," Shang clarified. "I need a Mana vacuum to demonstrate."

The Lightning Emperor raised an eyebrow, but he obliged and created a barrier around Shang, pushing all the Mana out.

SHING!

The Lightning Emperor took a deep breath upon seeing a High Abomination appearing beside Shang.

While he had accepted that Shang was the Child of Calamity, witnessing him summon an Abomination was still shocking.

Moreover, the Abomination didn't even act hostile; it simply stood next to Shang obediently.

The Lightning Emperor had never considered himself a villain. He valued honesty and fairness above all else.

However, now he found himself conversing with someone who could control beings destined to destroy the world.

uncomfortable to support someone like

used his Domain of Entropy to split the High Abomination into Mana and what he

hand reached for the ball of Entropy and held

I

examined the ball

that Abominations aren't composed entirely of Mana, but we've never managed to separate the Mana from the other force," the Lightning

a closer

Mana away from it,

Lightning Emperor nodded in return, and the ball of Entropy

complex words, creating abstract Mana

heat up, causing

the ball of Entropy kept increasing in

Emperor summoned

as soon as one of these devices touched the ball of Entropy, it

minute passed, and the Lightning Emperor let out a sigh

supposed to test this ball of Entropy?" he muttered, sounding half-rhetorical.

well, almost everything is made of Mana," the Lightning Emperor added

DING!

of ore beside the

noticed

attracted to each other?"

Lightning Emperor's mind worked rapidly, and

the Abominations come to our world," he theorized, reaching a conclusion

at a

agreed. "Maybe the God can't even control the

he gave you your Affinity, and you

control isn't absolute," Shang

increasingly intrigued. None of the Children of Calamity, apart from Lucius, had managed to become as powerful or learn as much about

summon them," Shang explained, "but I can't dismiss them or prevent them from appearing. If I sense an Abomination wanting to appear in Aterium, I can redirect it to somewhere else, but

Lightning Emperor scratched his

even the God can't do that?" he

nodded. "I'm not entirely