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.

also shown deep trust in his large group of

that was exactly

Shang remembered another

Record,

almost identical to how the Archivist had

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

the thought that the Archivist might be older than

become a God

Lucius was dead, he hadn't entertained

It made no sense.

yet, it

Lucius was the God.

God was not the Lucius

that sounds familiar,I

he had

"My name is Shang."

I am

Shang, but not Shang.

Lucius, but not Lucius.

similarities, but there was

actual

true body. 'My current body also can't compare to

one, it would be

moment, Shang looked

must have happened after Lucius became a

since the God is Lucius, when Lucius had become a

been nothing that could have stopped Lucius from fulfilling

wanted to get rid of

instead of getting rid

Lucius

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

then, what

the world had

'Entropy?'

at least 30% Mana to retain his human mind,

there were eleven, including

'The God is Lucius.'

one

Lucius can't be

Lucius has no or nearly no Mana

is still powerful enough to easily kill powerful Peak

must have happened that turned him