Sword God in a World of Magic

In the real world, Shang opened his eyes with a neutral expression.

"Lucius Volstad," Shang said as he looked at the sky.

Shang remembered the blonde corpse that the God had kicked around in his palace.

That had been the Mage God, and the Mage God was Lucius Volstad.

Based on the appearance of the naked corpse, it really had been Lucius Volstad. The corpse had looked identical to what Gregorio had shown him, and it was also identical to the image in the Trial of Want.

Lastly, with Shang's current experience, he could tell that there were several signs of the body being real, and Shang could also tell that it had the Aura of an actual Mage.

Shang was 99% sure that the corpse had been real and that this had truly been Lucius Volstad's corpse.

But then, what about the God?

The God couldn'tjust randomly have the same name as the Mage God, right?

Lucius had definitely died.

Yet, Lucius was alive.

But the Lucius that was alive was extremely different from the Lucius that everybody knew.

At that moment, Shang remembered a couple of things.

Gregorio had told Shang that Lucius had seemed quite conflicted from time to time.

It was like he was at odds with himself.

Then, Shang thought about the God's strong reaction to Alex's question.

The God had seemed quite angry.

Too angry for such a question.

There was definitely some emotional tension to this topic.

Even more, the God had said that he hated naive and good people.

Yet, wasn't that exactly what Lucius had been?

Based on what Gregorio had told Shang, Lucius was a very kind man who didn't want to hurt people.

Lucius had even done his best to stop Abominations from appearing in Aterium, even though he didn't always succeed.

trust in his large group

that was exactly what the God

remembered another

Watcher's Record,

were almost identical

that, the God had only referenced Paths that had either existed when Lucius had been alive or had

entertained the thought that the

one but Lucius had become a God in

course, since Shang had believed that Lucius was dead, he

It made no sense.

it was

Lucius was the God.

not the Lucius everybody

that sounds familiar,I Shang

of the words he had said after leaving

"My name is Shang."

I am

Shang, but not Shang.

Lucius, but not Lucius.

similarities, but there

an actual corpse of

thought as he actually looked at his true body. 'My current body also can't compare to my old

would be like there had been

moment, Shang looked at the

must have happened after Lucius became a

since the God is Lucius, when Lucius had become a God, there had

have been nothing that could

wanted to get rid of

getting rid of them,

one Lucius

become weak again, and all the Mana Lucius had absorbed had returned to the

what

world had returned, what is

'Entropy?'

Mana to retain his human mind, which means that there could

were eleven, including

'The God is Lucius.'

least one Lucius

can't be

living Lucius has no or nearly no Mana in his

is still powerful enough to easily kill powerful Peak Mage

have happened that turned him