Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang had seen the person before the person had seen him.

They weren't traveling at their full speed, and maybe, Shang could escape before they saw him.

However, Shang just smirked and chuckled a bit.

'How interesting,' he thought. 'It seems like Gregorio hasn't been the most careful.'

A moment later, the person found Shang, and they just watched with shock.

This confirmed that they hadn't known that Shang was still alive but that they had only had a hunch.

Shang could feel the person looking at him, and the person could also feel Shang looking at them.

A moment later, a portal opened just 100,000 kilometers behind Shang. It wasn't close enough to count as melee range for Shang, but easily close enough for a Peak Mage King to fight him.

A moment later, an older man with an immaculately groomed suit walked out. The Custodian, Wester.

Wester looked at Shang with narrowed eyes while Shang just looked at the silver wall.

Shang hadn't hidden his new limbs, and Wester could see them in all their glory.

Shang chuckled a bit and turned to look at Wester with his black-and-white eyes. "Wester, what a pleasure to see you," he said with a smirk.

Wester's emotions were going crazy.

When Wester had talked to Gregorio, he had already noticed that Gregorio was acting strangely.

Gregorio had often talked about Shang when talking to Wester, but as soon as the Grand Tournament had passed, Gregorio had completely stopped talking about him.

It was almost like Shang had stopped existing in Gregorio's mind.

However, based on how Gregorio had acted when Shang had wanted to talk to him, Wester knew that Gregorio wouldn't just dump Shang like a piece of trash after he became useless.

At the very least, he would have lamented Shang's demise many times.

And yet, Gregorio had never talked about Shang again.

Wester had guessed that Shang might still be alive.

After

was that Gregorio hadn't told Wester about

the Lightning Manor, and he had been the closest friend, colleague, and servant

time. In fact, he hadn't even shown the slightest inkling of

had always kept

over 50,000 years of working for Gregorio, Wester had expected that

And yet, he didn't.

Wester and

In fact, he had always been quite

so important and destructive

suspicions arose, Wester found

Abominations became more and more troublesome, Gregorio had stopped asking about the Child

single conversation between them had

And then?

Nothing.

that sudden breakthrough that allowed Gregorio to stop Ancestral Abominations

was such a monumental and sudden

since Gregorio hadn't seemed to be researching Abominations at all in

created a

Child of Calamity, and

accept this possibility. After all, Gregorio had always been

someone like that could suddenly

things had still only

Mana of the

had been

It had felt unimportant.

yet, something inside Wester told him that this was

But he hesitated.

he actually traveled to that location, the

Then what?

Calamity, and Gregorio would

bit more than 10,000

served the Lightning Emperor for over

was old, and

he could

tournament for the new Mage