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

he was just very excited to

will do my very best to stop the Abominations

was just a lonely old

he was helping me," Shang said with

answers, a light

get rid of the

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

comparison to Lucius, I actually have the power to

made several questions

what? And why is the

only the Emperors

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

see it?" Shang

last time an Abomination King

happened to become

eyes widened, but Shang just

a God? All the Abominations became weaker, and we only saw

like the Child

mind was going through millions of scenarios and

him?" Shang said

Wester didn't know.

him won't be able to kill me

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

you notice?" Shang

sevenfold

making me superior

Affinity for all

Early

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

clenched his right hand, and

kill that

will be left to

were more than shocking, but he quickly managed to wrap

Wester could finally understand how the Ancestor could have been

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

the less Mage Kings and Beast Kings appeared in

there would be no more

no more

and the Abominations

the source, Shang could stop the

Wester couldn't even entertain the thought of helping Shang achieve

if not