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

started to act like we were friends. Honestly, I'm not exactly sure

as

just very

promise that I will do my very best

maybe, he was just a lonely old

helping me," Shang said

heard Shang's answers, a light appeared in his narrowed

of the

Shang answered. "But if I can, I probably will, as long as it's

I actually have

questions

why is

thought only the Emperors

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

you see it?"

was the last time an Abomination

Lucius had just so happened to become a Mage King, wasn't it?" Shang said with a

eyes widened, but

became a God? All the Abominations became weaker,

the Child of

was going through millions of scenarios

Shang

Wester didn't know.

be able to kill me when it is time,"

raised his right Abomination arm, showing

you notice?"

sevenfold Spirit Sense

Abomination body, making me

have an Affinity

mind of an Early

God of this world has given me my powers, which makes it likely that he is also the cause of

hand, and the

attain Godhood, I will kill

that, everything will be

than shocking, but he quickly managed to

how the Ancestor could have been

the Abominations represented the end of the world. As long as they couldn't perfectly kill every Abomination

passed, the less Mage Kings and Beast Kings

would be no

no more

would be left, and the Abominations

rid of the source, Shang could

Wester couldn't even entertain the thought

Shang, trillions, if not quadrillions, of