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

a deep breath when he heard

God was obviously talking about

more powerful than

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

have advanced immediately,

warrior came too early. If he had been born just fifty years later, he would have a shot at transforming his body and

he has already condensed his Path, and even if he is still working on it, there are no fitting beasts for

silent for a

no way?"

smirked. "There is always a way," he said with a laugh. "I designed this world to always have

one of many ways to strengthen your body. Back when warriors were still powerful, they simply ingested a pill to achieve such a

"Are

Mages destroyed everything. You won't find a

said, there

to find them," the jester said with a

silent as he just took

Mervin, even if the Teacher Mervin that helped him

long as there is a way,

grip on his

ready for the

The jester didn't answer.

began to

Peak Commander Stage

jester again. "You

"You didn't rely on my power. Also, your progress pleases me, and I

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

progress?

SHING!

that moment, Shang's opponent

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

was a

of all, the man wasn't carrying a heavy weapon but an

didn't qualify as opponents in this trial. They were neither warriors nor beasts, and they were worse than

in front of Shang was probably

own, only working on their

warrior would be among the more powerful warriors, but this one

his hammer and struck

DING!

and looked

he swung his sword to the side, creating a

movements had been

warrior entered a battle

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

eye and also exploded forward with an

two of them charged at each other, and Shang readied his

seemed to bend in the air and move to the