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.

shown deep trust in his large group

that was exactly

remembered another

Watcher's Record, the

worked were almost

referenced Paths that had either existed when Lucius had been alive or had been in

that the

no one but Lucius had become a God

he hadn't entertained the

It made no sense.

it was

Lucius was the God.

not

sounds familiar,I Shang

of the words he had

"My name is Shang."

I am not

Shang, but not Shang.

Lucius, but not Lucius.

were similarities, but there was still an

actual corpse

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

old one, it would

looked at the silver

must have happened

Lucius, when Lucius had

there should have been nothing that could have stopped Lucius from fulfilling his

get rid of the

getting rid of them, something

one Lucius must have

the Abominations had become weak again, and all the Mana Lucius had absorbed had returned to the world. Otherwise, there

then, what is

had returned, what is the God made

'Entropy?'

at least 30% Mana to retain his human mind, which means that there could

eleven,

'The God is Lucius.'

one Lucius is

can't be

living Lucius has no or nearly no

to easily

must have happened that turned him into the mad