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.

had also shown deep trust in his large group

that was exactly

remembered

Record, the Archivist's

almost identical to how

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

Shang had entertained the thought that the Archivist might be older than the

but Lucius had become a God

Lucius was dead, he hadn't

It made no sense.

it

Lucius was the God.

not

that sounds familiar,I

the words he

"My name is Shang."

I am not

Shang, but not Shang.

Lucius, but not Lucius.

were similarities, but there was still

actual corpse

as he actually looked at his true body. 'My current body

create my old one, it would be

next moment, Shang looked at the silver wall

must have happened

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

there should have been nothing that could

to get rid

rid of them, something

Lucius

the Abominations had become weak again, and all the Mana Lucius had absorbed had returned to the world. Otherwise, there wouldn't have

then, what is the

had returned, what is the God

'Entropy?'

mind,

eleven, including

'The God is Lucius.'

least one Lucius is

can't be fully made of

has no or nearly no Mana in his

powerful enough to easily kill powerful Peak

must have happened that turned him into the mad