Sword God in a World of Magic

977 Chapter 977 - Control

Shang just snorted. "What's with this question?" he asked with a bit of annoyance.

"You helped me when I was weak, even though you had every incentive not to. Not helping you back would be more than idiotic."

"I have no reason to betray you, Gregorio," Shang explained.

When Gregorio heard that answer, the inside of his chest hurt.

'That was not what I meant,' Gregorio thought

Gregorio wanted to know whether or not Shang was his friend.

And yet, Shang didn't even say anything regarding that.

He only said that he had no reason to betray him.

Sure, some people would ask such a question to see whether or not someone else would betray them, but that hadn't been Gregorio's intention.

Shang was Gregorio's friend, and Gregorio just wanted to know if Shang saw it the same way.

However, even though Shang hadn't answered the question, his answer had still given Gregorio the answer he wanted. Friendship?

Shang probably didn't even consider this a real concept.

To him, friendship was probably something from a kid's fairy tale.

Gregorio wasn't sure what he should feel.

Betrayal?

Anger?

Sadness?

one thing was

Gregorio was hurt.

his fault as well. After all, Shang had never seemed like someone that put a lot of value on things

Shang wasn't entirely sure why Gregorio had asked that question since

had perceived the question as a subtle test to see whether or not Shang was about to kill Gregorio, but it could also be that Gregorio was so naive that he actually asked whether or not Shang was his

respect, Shang expected that Gregorio wouldn't ask about

after a bit, his Aura having calmed down. "What's your plan

a toothy grin. "First, I will finish my swordsmanship. Then, I will

He wasn't even truly

feelings were

Shang snorted when he heard the disgusting word, Mana. "That's no longer a concern. My being is made of

next moment, Shang released a chuckle empty of

laugh, and he

was probably what Abaddon meant," Shang said. "Why would I need any of the disgusting Mana from

actually paid attention to what Shang was saying. After all, the words Shang had just spoken were more

any Mana

the other Emperors or Kings anymore. I can just retreat to the edge of the world and consume Abominations

Inheritor Sphere? Abaddon? Kali?"

"None of that matters."

took a deep breath. "What about

not knowing what Gregorio's point

everyone will immediately know that you are the Child of Calamity, and even when I say

and the situation will be so dire for them that the

fan of what Gregorio had just said, but he

Kings across the world?

answered. "I have no trust amongst the Emperors. If they found one of the small cages, they would immediately open it, and the Abomination King inside would explode, revealing their existence

"And Kali?" Shang asked.

couple of

Kali?

wasn't the only person that knew of Shang's identity anymore! Kali

of things. Kali could just claim that she found her own way of getting rid of Abominations, and she only needed some unsupervised