Sword God in a World of Magic

Since Shang was awake during his breakthrough this time, a scene immediately appeared in his mind.

"My third question," a blonde Shang with a sizable belly said. "What kind of mindset should I assume to become more powerful? What's the smartest way to get the resources I need?"

The present Shang wanted to know this answer desperately.

The God on his gigantic throne only smirked. "Quite a good question. I'm surprised you have asked such smart questions up to now. Did you know that several of your predecessors have asked about Earth at least once by now? They were interested in how to get back or how things would go. But you only ask about your new world."

The blonde Shang looked in shock at the God. "I have predecessors?! I thought I was the only one!"

The God only laughed. "Don't think of yourself as more important than you are. You are not the first one, and you will not be the last one."

Shang didn't answer.

"As for your question," the God said, leaning back on his throne. "There is not one single way that is the best. You have to employ different philosophies based on your surroundings and your current power."

"Of course, as an answer, that's just as helpful as not giving you an answer at all," the God said. "So, how about we go over a couple of cases?"

"Let's assume your power is very low compared to other humans around you. It is very difficult for you to gain resources on your own since more powerful humans will have monopolized them at this point."

"The correct way out of this situation is to join a powerful organization. Their greater power will help you get you the resources you need."

"Of course, there are different organizations with different philosophies. If you find an organization that is similar to an academy, you are in luck. Academies are willing to invest more into you than you can provide to them right now."

"In that case, I would advise you to follow the rules of the organization and do what they want. After all, they don't want you to die. If you don't grow more powerful, their investment becomes a loss."

"Now, if the organization is something like a group of mercenaries or assassins, things become different. They are interested in your current power, and they want you to prove your worth right at this moment."

"In that case, try to take on missions that are dangerous but not too dangerous. Trading with an academy means getting more than you pay. Trading with a mercenary group means getting just as much as you pay."

"It's fine to join these kinds of organizations, but you should not join an organization ruled by an individual desperate for power. They will lure you in with promises of wealth and power but will immediately burn you up before the promised time to pay arrives."

After explaining these things, the God explained how to spot these different organizations, and it took over half an hour.

very thorough in answering the

all of this is only relevant if you are one of the weakest humans in

you to either create your own small group or join a larger group as some kind of officer

academy. The students need more resources than they bring in, which means that these resources come from

status and a bit of wealth, but it is only something an altruistic

a teacher means that you already gave up

in that scenario. You are already quite useful with

lucrative at this point. You are powerful enough to go to places that

wealth of the weak and give it to themselves and the few people he needs to run his organization. If

identify a good organization and

smirk. "What if you are in the top ten in terms of power

"In that case…"

"Don't."

Shang's eyebrows lifted.

strongest," the God explained with a smirk. "Sure, by having thousands of people under you,

people under you can never give you the

something that can only be found by people on your level. If you are in the Fourth Realm, you need stuff from beasts in the Fourth Realm. Your army of Third Realm followers can't help you in getting that. They can only give you a vast

the strongest, there is

the land and siphon all resources out of it. Kill the strongest beings around you and take

you see that there is not much more you

"You leave."

place and go to a

where you belong to the weaker kind of people and

entire thing starts

the God said. "Now, about friends, family, and personal

a friend means undergoing a symbiosis. You work together you get more than you two can achieve individually. The

to you. If they are weaker, this is not symbiosis but supporting a parasite. If

but you will eventually need to repay them. It's

equals, leave the academy, join a

best way to

Shang nodded

ended, and the real Shang