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.

thing. After all, Shang belonged to the Lightning

part was that Gregorio

Wester was the second-in-command of the Lightning Manor, and he had

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

always kept

Wester had expected that Gregorio would inform him about

And yet, he didn't.

worried Wester and

or secretive person. In fact, he had always been quite open, transparent, and

so important and destructive that Gregorio

as the first suspicions arose, Wester found many more suspicious

became more and more troublesome, Gregorio

conversation between them had started with Gregorio asking about the

And then?

Nothing.

no longer cared. Then came that sudden breakthrough that allowed

was such a monumental and sudden

be researching Abominations at all

had created a suspicion in

Child of Calamity, and Gregorio

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 the Child of

that someone like that could

these things had still

the Mana of the world move towards

had been

It had felt unimportant.

something inside Wester told him that this was

But he hesitated.

to that location, the possibility

Then what?

Calamity, and Gregorio would be

more than

Lightning

old, and he would soon

he could just look

witness the unprecedented tournament for the new Mage