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

was exactly

remembered another

Record,

Mana worked were almost identical

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

Shang had entertained the thought that the Archivist might

had become a God in

had believed that Lucius was dead, he hadn't entertained the thought that the

It made no sense.

yet, it

Lucius was the God.

was not the Lucius everybody

that sounds

he had said after leaving

"My name is Shang."

I am

Shang, but not Shang.

Lucius, but not Lucius.

similarities, but there was still

an actual corpse

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

would

moment, Shang looked at

have happened after Lucius became

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

should have been nothing that could have

wanted to get rid

of getting rid

Lucius must

all, the Abominations had become weak again, and all the Mana Lucius had absorbed had

then, what is the

the world had returned, what

'Entropy?'

his human mind, which means that there could only be like seven or eight

there were eleven, including the

'The God is Lucius.'

least one

can't be fully made

no or nearly

Lucius is still powerful enough to easily kill powerful

must have happened that turned