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. His Path is

deep breath when

was obviously talking

than him, the Dean would never reach the Fifth

warrior to reevaluate himself," the jester added. "He saw that your predecessor couldn't rival the Mages

predecessor, he would have advanced immediately, wasting his

years later, he would have a shot at transforming his body

even if he is still working on it, there are

silent

there really no way?"

said with a laugh. "I designed this

thing you 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

at the jester. "Are there any left in

find a

said,

it's your duty to find them," the jester said with a

remained silent as he just

Mervin, even if the Teacher Mervin that

is a way, all hope is not

his grip on his

ready for the next

The jester didn't answer.

the wheels began to

thirteen: Weak Peak Commander Stage

remembered something and looked at the jester again. "You don't count the last

Also, your progress pleases me, and I don't want to punish you for living up to

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

I make any progress? Honestly, I don't

SHING!

moment,

man wearing leather. He carried a long sword in his hands,

Shang thought that this was a barbarian, but he

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

basically didn't qualify as opponents in this trial. They were neither warriors nor beasts,

front of

their own, only

hermit warrior would be among the

lifted his hammer

DING!

his eyes and looked at

to the side, creating a screeching noise by cutting the

had

warrior entered a

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

eye and also exploded

them charged at each other,

warrior's sword seemed to bend in the