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.

deep trust in

that was exactly what the God

remembered

Watcher's Record,

almost

only referenced Paths that had either

the thought that the Archivist might be older than

become a God

he hadn't entertained the thought that the God was actually

It made no sense.

it

Lucius was the God.

not the Lucius everybody

that sounds familiar,I Shang

thought of the words he had said after leaving Area

"My name is Shang."

am not

Shang, but not Shang.

Lucius, but not Lucius.

were similarities, but there was still an

actual

at his true body.

one, it would be like there had been

Shang looked

have happened after Lucius

is Lucius, when Lucius had become a God, there had been no

there should have been nothing that could have stopped Lucius

get rid of

rid of them, something

Lucius must

had absorbed had returned to the world.

what is the

the world had returned, what

'Entropy?'

retain his human mind,

were eleven, including

'The God is Lucius.'

one

living Lucius can't be fully made

no or nearly no Mana

enough to easily kill powerful Peak Mage Kings

turned him into