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

our conversation, he started to act like we were friends. Honestly,

saw me as a weapon

very

promise that I will do my very best to stop the

was just a lonely old

why he was helping

Shang's answers, a light

rid of the Abominations?"

know," Shang answered. "But if I can, I probably will, as long as

Lucius, I actually

questions

From what? And why is the Mage God relevant?"

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

isn't immune to naivety," Shang spoke with a

see it?"

time an Abomination

had just so happened to become

widened, but

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

like the Child of Calamity

going through millions of

who killed him?" Shang said with

Wester didn't know.

to kill me when it is

chuckled a bit and raised his right Abomination arm, showing

notice?"

a sevenfold

an Abomination body, making me superior to

Affinity

the mind of an Early Mage King, while I am

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

right hand, and the

kill

that, everything will be left to

but he

understand how the Ancestor could have been

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

the less Mage Kings and

be no

then, no more

and the

of the source, Shang could stop the world from

the thought of helping Shang achieve

not quadrillions, of