Sword God in a World of Magic

It took Shang a while to calm down, but there was still a certain feeling of emptiness and regret inside of him.

Yet, this was what he had chosen.

For his goal, any kind of sacrifice was worth it.

Surprisingly, no new opponent had appeared in the last couple of minutes, even though Shang had already "won" against his previous one.

Shang slowly stood up and gripped Sword tightly.

Even if everything else vanished, Sword would be with him until the end.

The two of them didn't need to exchange words to make their feelings known.

"Took you guys long enough," the jester said with a grin.

Shang didn't look over.

"How long have we been training?"

The jester's grin widened.

"Five years."

Silence.

Five years.

They had been training for five full years.

That was so long!

For a second, Shang couldn't believe what he had just heard, but then he remembered how endlessly time had dragged on.

Five years actually made sense.

"And even after five years," Shang said, "I still couldn't beat him fairly."

The jester's grin didn't vanish. "Of course not," he said.

"His kind are the very reason why I sent you guys into my main world in the first place."

Shang looked over at the jester.

"Hardworking geniuses," the God said. "They use whatever they can get and perfect it. Yet, his body is weak. He is one of the very rare true geniuses, but his lack of a powerful body makes it impossible for him to fight any Mage or beast that is not completely worthless."

"The path of the warrior has deteriorated to a degree where mastering the entire thing only makes you equal to the worst Mages in the world."

"It is your duty to expand the warrior's path. Give the geniuses more to master, and they won't disappoint you."

"Your predecessor accepted the first Path he found, not trying to strengthen or widen it."

will never reach the Fifth Realm. His Path is just too

took a deep breath when he

was obviously talking about

than him, the

himself," the jester added. "He saw that your predecessor couldn't rival the Mages or beasts, and

would have

too early. If he had been born just fifty years later, he would have a

condensed his Path, and even if he is still working on it, there are

silent for

no way?" he

designed this world

call the Procedure is only one of many ways to strengthen your body. Back when warriors were still powerful, they simply ingested a pill to achieve such a powerful body. Such a pill would work

jester. "Are there any

destroyed everything. You won't find

said,

to find them,"

as he just took

repay Teacher Mervin, even if the Teacher Mervin that helped him had not been

as there is a way,

his grip on

the next fight,"

The jester didn't answer.

began

Commander Stage warrior,"

something and looked at the jester again. "You don't count the last fight as cheating,

Also, your progress pleases me,

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

I make any progress? Honestly,

SHING!

that moment,

in his hands, just like Teacher Mervin. Surprisingly, he wore

Shang thought that this was a barbarian, but he knew that

man wasn't carrying a heavy weapon but an elegant

as opponents in this trial. They were neither warriors nor beasts, and they were

meant that the person in front of Shang

lived on their own, only working on their

be among the more powerful warriors, but this

hammer and struck the

DING!

warrior opened his eyes and looked at Shang with narrowed

side, creating a screeching

had

entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

narrowed his right eye and also exploded forward

each other,

in the