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."

help, he will never reach the Fifth Realm. His Path is just

took a deep breath when

was obviously talking

someone far more powerful than

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

he would have

years later, he would have a shot at transforming

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

remained silent for

really no way?" he

a way," he said with a laugh. "I designed this world to always have a way. The different ways just have different

warriors were still powerful, they simply ingested a pill to achieve such a

the jester. "Are there any

jester answered. "The Mages destroyed everything. You won't find a single

as I've said, there are

your duty to find them," the jester said

he

if the Teacher Mervin that helped him

as there is a way, all hope is

grip on his

ready for the next

The jester didn't answer.

began

Stage warrior," the mechanical voice

looked at the jester

said. "You didn't rely on my power. Also, your progress pleases

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

progress? Honestly, I don't

SHING!

that moment,

long sword in his hands, just like Teacher Mervin. Surprisingly, he wore clothes made of fur and

Shang thought that this was a barbarian, but he knew that wouldn't

wasn't carrying a heavy weapon but an elegant and long

in this trial. They were neither warriors nor beasts,

front of

own, only working on

some hermit warrior would be among the more powerful warriors,

jester lifted his hammer and struck

DING!

and looked at

sword to the side, creating a

movements had been incredibly

warrior entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

and also exploded

of them charged at each other,

to bend in the air and move to the