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

as a

he was just very excited to

it's my promise that I will do my very best

he was just a lonely old

he was helping me," Shang said with

Shang's answers, a light

can get rid of the

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

Lucius, I actually have the power to defend

questions

yourself? From what? And why is the

more. "I thought only the Emperors were blind due

immune to naivety," Shang

see it?" Shang

time an Abomination King appeared in the

become a Mage King,

but Shang just

he became a God? All the Abominations became weaker, and we

like the Child of Calamity

through millions of

who killed him?" Shang said

Wester didn't know.

whoever killed him won't be able to kill me when

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

notice?"

have a sevenfold

body, making me superior to every other

an Affinity for all the

mind is already equal to the mind of an Early Mage King, while

powers, which makes it

his right hand,

kill that

be

been hearing were more than shocking, but

finally understand how the Ancestor could have been convinced

Abominations represented the end 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 from

less Mage Kings and Beast Kings appeared in the

there would be

no

left, and the Abominations would

of the source, Shang could

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

if not quadrillions, of