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."

he will never reach the Fifth Realm.

a deep breath

God was obviously talking about

powerful than him, the Dean would never

added. "He saw that your

would have advanced immediately, wasting

just fifty years later,

if he is still working on it, there

silent for a

there really no way?"

a way," he said with a laugh. "I designed

body. Back when warriors were still powerful, they simply ingested a pill

looked at the jester. "Are there any left in the

jester answered. "The Mages destroyed everything. You won't find a single inheritance regarding physical fighters in

said,

it's your duty to find them,"

he

Mervin, even if the Teacher Mervin that

there is a way,

strengthened his grip on his

the next fight,"

The jester didn't answer.

began to

Stage

the jester again. "You don't count the last fight

pleases me, and I don't want

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

any progress? Honestly, I

SHING!

moment, Shang's

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

a barbarian, but

the man wasn't carrying a

this trial. They were neither warriors nor beasts, and they were worse

person in front of Shang was probably

own, only working

some hermit warrior would be among the more powerful warriors, but

jester lifted his hammer and struck the

DING!

opened his eyes and looked at Shang

the side, creating a screeching noise by cutting the wind

had

warrior entered a

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

also exploded forward with an

charged at each

warrior's sword seemed to bend in