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.

a bad thing. After all, Shang belonged to the Lightning Manor, and they

Gregorio

was the second-in-command of the Lightning Manor,

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

had always kept confidential

for Gregorio, Wester had expected that

And yet, he didn't.

and

wasn't a paranoid or secretive person. In fact, he had always

so important and destructive that Gregorio didn't even dare

as soon as the first suspicions

more troublesome, Gregorio had stopped

the past, literally every single conversation between them had started with Gregorio asking

And then?

Nothing.

was like Gregorio no longer cared. Then came that sudden breakthrough that allowed Gregorio to stop

was such a monumental and

Gregorio hadn't seemed to be researching Abominations at

created a suspicion in Wester's

Child of Calamity, and Gregorio

long time for Wester to accept this possibility. After all, Gregorio had always been against the Abominations, and it had even been his duty to deal with

that someone like that could suddenly become the ally of the

had still only been guesses and

Mana of the world move towards

movement had been very

It had felt unimportant.

inside Wester told him that this

But he hesitated.

traveled to that location,

Then what?

would be the Child of Calamity, and Gregorio would be the greatest traitor of Aterium in

more than 10,000

served the Lightning Emperor

and he

he could just

tournament for the