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

conversation, he started to act like we were friends.

as a weapon

he was just very

I will do my very best to

just a lonely old

him why he was helping me," Shang said with a small

answers, a light appeared

rid of the

can, I

Lucius, I actually have the power

several questions

And why is the Mage God relevant?"

more. "I thought only the Emperors were

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

see

the last time

become a Mage King, wasn't it?" Shang

eyes widened, but Shang just continued

a God? All the Abominations

the Child

through millions of scenarios and

him?" Shang

Wester didn't know.

won't be able to kill me

a bit and raised his right Abomination arm, showing

you notice?" Shang

have a sevenfold Spirit

body, making me superior to every other

have an Affinity for all the

Early Mage King, while I am only an

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

his right hand, and the

kill that

everything will be left

Wester had been hearing were more than shocking, but he

could finally understand how the Ancestor could have been convinced

the world. As long as they couldn't perfectly kill every Abomination before it could absorb any

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

would be no

then, no

be left, and the

source, Shang could stop the world

the thought of helping Shang achieve his

of Shang, trillions, if not quadrillions, of people