Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang just looked at Wester with an interested smirk, while Wester looked at Shang with narrowed eyes.

"Since when?" Wester asked.

"Since when what?" Shang asked back.

"Since when did the Ancestor know that you are the Child of Calamity?" Wester shouted with an enraged voice.

"Since I lost my legs," Shang answered.

Wester thought back to that day and realized that it had already been well over 15,000 years.

"How did you convince the Ancestor to spare you?" Wester asked.

"Spare me?" Shang repeated with mock shock.

Then, he laughed.

"Convince him?" Shang said with a smirk.

"When he found out, I was unconscious. So, I guess you could say I convinced him by lying on the ground in front of him."

When Wester heard that, he started to grit his teeth.

Shang didn't seem like he was lying.

Even more, the world resonated with his answer, which meant that it was the truth.

Of course, powerful Mage Kings could manipulate that resonance to a certain degree, but Shang wasn't a Mage.

Sadly, Shang's answer took the last bit of hope from Wester.

Maybe, the Ancestor hadn't known that Shang was the Child of Calamity?

Maybe, Shang had used some kind of Spell on the Ancestor?

Unfortunately, the simplest answer was often the correct one.

"Why?" Wester asked. "Why did the Ancestor betray us?"

"Why?" Shang repeated with a smirk.

"Honestly, I'm not quite sure myself."

"Back when I met him for the first time, he was debating killing me, but after we talked about everything for a bit, he seemed to just like me for some reason."

Wester narrowed his eyes.

That sounded like a lie!

he didn't interrupt

we were friends. Honestly, I'm not

he saw me as a weapon

he was just very

it's my promise that I will do my very best to stop the Abominations from

he was just a lonely old

helping me,"

answers, a light

of the

can, I probably will, as long as it's not

Lucius, I actually have the power to defend

several questions appear in

what? And why is the Mage

some more. "I thought only the Emperors were blind due to their relationship with

all-powerful Custodian isn't immune to naivety," Shang spoke

see it?" Shang

Abominations. When was the last time an

become a Mage King, wasn't it?"

but Shang

All the Abominations became weaker, and we only saw Abominations from the first

the Child of

through millions of

Shang said

Wester didn't know.

whoever killed him won't be able to kill me when it

a bit and raised his right Abomination arm, showing it to

you notice?" Shang

have a sevenfold

making me superior to every

Affinity

an Early Mage

my powers, which makes it likely that he is also the cause of the Abomination

his right hand, and the

I attain Godhood, I will kill that

that, everything will be left

been hearing were more than shocking, but he quickly managed

understand how the Ancestor

represented the end of the world. As long as they couldn't perfectly kill every Abomination before it could absorb any Mana, they couldn't stop the world

time passed, the less Mage Kings and Beast Kings appeared in

be

then, no

left, and the Abominations

the source, Shang could stop the world from

Wester couldn't even entertain the thought of

if not quadrillions, of people