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."

the Fifth Realm.

breath when he

was obviously talking about the

than him, the

"He saw that your predecessor couldn't rival the Mages or beasts, and he realized that there is more

would have advanced immediately,

had been born just fifty years

he is still

remained silent

really no

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

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

jester. "Are there any left in

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

as I've said,

to find them," the jester said

remained silent as he just took a

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

there is a

strengthened his grip on his

the next

The jester didn't answer.

began to

Commander Stage

the jester again.

jester said. "You didn't rely on my power. Also, your progress pleases me, and I don't want to punish you for living up

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

I make any progress? Honestly, I

SHING!

moment, Shang's

man wearing leather. He carried a long sword in his hands, just like Teacher Mervin. Surprisingly, he wore clothes made of fur and no

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

man wasn't carrying a heavy weapon but

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

meant that the person in front of Shang

their own, only working on their

be among the more powerful warriors, but this one

jester lifted his hammer and struck

DING!

and looked at Shang

to the side, creating a screeching noise by cutting the

had

warrior entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

narrowed his right eye and also exploded forward with an

of them charged at each

bend in the air