Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex looked with a complex expression at the young man.

Changing a world filled with people that could become as powerful as this God right before him?

How?

He was only a mortal.

"Now, don't be hasty," the young man said with a smirk as he read Alex's mind again. "Right now, you are like a child hearing that they have to lead their father's company in the future. Of course everything will appear like it's too much."

"In fact, you don't have to do much at all."

"You only have to become stronger."

"That's it."

Alex furrowed his brows. "That's it? But you said I'm supposed to change the world."

"Correct," the young man said as he leaned back again. "However, you becoming powerful is exactly what will change the world."

"Could you stop talking in riddles and just directly tell me what you want me to do?" Alex asked.

The young man snickered. "Sure."

"I already told you a little bit about my main world," the young man said. "To repeat, my world allows someone to reach supreme power by increasing the power of your body and mind."

"There are innumerable ways to supreme power. You can use the inherent energy in the air to increase the power of your mind. This strengthens your soul, and the more powerful your soul gets, the more powerful your mental abilities become. You can crush elephants with just your mind or move the energy of the world in such a way that it creates powerful destructive forces."

"However, you can also focus on strengthening your body. By absorbing the energy in the atmosphere and fusing it with your body, you can become so fast and so powerful that the other person that trains their mind wouldn't even be able to react to an attack of yours."

"You can also fuse with some ethereal concepts and summon them."

"You can also concentrate on weapons, which allows you to sunder reality with a move of your weapon."

"You can also comprehend the concepts of how the world works and manipulate the energy in such a way that it imitates these concepts. You would gain control over fire, gravity, time, space, water, metal, life, and so on."

"You can even just purely absorb Energy without end, becoming a walking bomb that could unleash many years of accumulated power in a single strike."

Alex listened intently.

All of this sounded too magical.

In fact, it sounded more like a game with different classes. All the classes could become about equally powerful near the end of a game via their own ways.

The young man laughed. "Yes, you could also view it as a game. However, remember, this is reality, not a game."

Alex nodded.

"So, in short, there are innumerable ways to power," the young man said.

Then, he paused.

Alex looked at the young man as his brows furrowed.

his nose wrinkled in

not as chipper as before. "I have implemented all these different paths to

had a hell of a time watching the different paths of power fight each

young man gritted

when he showed up," the young man

"Who?" Alex asked.

SHING! Thump!

in front of Alex, and he heard the sound of

and he took

was the naked corpse of a young

guy," the young man repeated with

thought as he looked at

power I created was the path of magic," the young man explained. "This was

the young man while a naked corpse was lying beside them. "You mean the ones that use the energy to increase the power of their mind and soul?" Alex asked as he looked at the corpse with

answered neutrally. "Just like everyone else, the Mages sought supremacy over everyone, but they weren't really any more powerful

young man spat in disgust while giving the corpse a side-eye. "He became the most powerful person in the world, but instead of furthering his own power even more, he concentrated on

the most powerful people of the other paths of power," the young man said with some anger. "Even more, after he killed the most powerful people, he ordered

thousands of years of progress!" the young man shouted as he glared at the

stood up as he paced

not saying or

Alex had realized that this

ever since then?!" the young man shouted as he glared at

shook his

Mages are left, and the path of Magic is the only known path to true power," the young man said with frustration. "If anyone wants power, they simply join the mages. Path of least resistance,

to get what you want?" the young man parroted with anger and annoyance.

try to make the other paths to power work will eventually give up and join the Mages after realizing that their progress isn't fast enough. No shit your progress isn't fast! You are blazing a brand-new

the other paths to power!" the young man shouted. "They don't even need to! Everyone joins them eventually! Well, no shit! You have thousands of years of refined Spells, Techniques, and

the most boring ones in existence!" the young man shouted. "You ever seen people

young man's pacing

watching my own fucking world when it's supposed

it's all this asshole's

BANG! BOOOM!

corpse flew with insane speeds at the wall, which

took a deep

the young man seemed to feel better, and

came into my palace like he owned the place," the

managed to become quite powerful. I assumed that the other

like he owned the place and told me to make space

SHING!

appeared in front of the young

BANG!

another explosion at

said with a genuinely malicious grin. "It took hours, but he still

Alex remained completely silent.

This guy was dangerous!

took a deep breath

come into play," he said, "someone that has the guts and drive

you into my world with a body that is unable to practice Magic. However, you are a person that wants to become more powerful, someone that chases power. If Magic doesn't work for you, you will