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 all, Shang belonged to the Lightning Manor,

suspicious part was that Gregorio hadn't told Wester about

had to know that Wester was the second-in-command of the Lightning Manor, and he had been the closest

single time. In

had always kept

Wester had expected that Gregorio would inform him about

And yet, he didn't.

Wester and made

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

kind of secret could be so important and destructive that Gregorio didn't

as soon as the first suspicions arose,

more and more troublesome,

conversation between them had started with Gregorio asking about the Child of

And then?

Nothing.

sudden breakthrough that allowed Gregorio to stop Ancestral

such a monumental and sudden

seemed to be researching Abominations

had created a suspicion in

the Child of Calamity,

accept this possibility. After all, Gregorio had always been against the Abominations, and it

someone like that could suddenly become the ally of the Child

things had still only been guesses

the Mana of the

movement had been very

It had felt unimportant.

something inside Wester told

But he hesitated.

that location, the

Then what?

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

only had a bit more than 10,000 years of

had served the Lightning Emperor for over

old, and he

he could just

witness the unprecedented tournament for