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

deep breath when

was obviously talking about the

the aid of someone far more powerful than him, the Dean would never reach

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

would have advanced immediately, wasting

early. If he had been born just fifty years later,

is still working on it, there are

silent

really no way?" he

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

when warriors were still powerful, they simply ingested a pill to achieve such a powerful body. Such a

"Are there any left in

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

said,

duty to find them," the jester said

silent as he just took a deep

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

is a

strengthened his grip on his

the next fight,"

The jester didn't answer.

the wheels began to spin

Stage warrior," the

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

on my power. Also, your progress pleases me, and I

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

make any progress? Honestly,

SHING!

moment, Shang's

was an older man wearing leather. He carried a long sword in his hands, just

a barbarian, but he knew

a

They were neither warriors nor beasts, and they were worse than both of these

of Shang was probably

own, only working on

hermit warrior would be among the

lifted his hammer and struck

DING!

and looked

to the side, creating a screeching noise by cutting the wind

had been incredibly

warrior entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

eye and also exploded forward with an

charged at each other, and Shang readied his

warrior's sword seemed to bend in the air and