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!

didn't interrupt

our conversation, he started to act like we were friends. Honestly, I'm not exactly

me as a weapon against

he was just very excited to

will do my very best to stop the Abominations from

maybe, he was just a

never asked him why he was helping me," Shang said

Wester heard Shang's answers, a light appeared

of the Abominations?" he

know," Shang answered. "But if I can, I

actually have the power to

several questions appear in Wester's

what? And why is the

more. "I thought only the Emperors were blind due to

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

you see it?"

Abominations. When was the last time an Abomination

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

but Shang just continued

God? All the Abominations became

Child of Calamity

was going through millions of scenarios

who killed him?" Shang

Wester didn't know.

able to kill me when it is time," Shang said with a confident

bit and raised his right Abomination arm, showing it to Wester in its full

you notice?"

have a sevenfold

body, making

an Affinity for all the

an Early Mage King,

powers, which makes it likely that he is also the

hand, and the

will kill that God and leave

be left to

but he quickly managed to wrap his mind

Ancestor could have been convinced to help

long as they couldn't perfectly kill every Abomination

less Mage Kings and

be

then, no more

nothing would be left, and the Abominations

rid of the source, Shang could

entertain the thought of

not