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.

deep breath

was obviously talking about the

far more powerful than him, the Dean would never reach the

that your

your predecessor, he would have advanced immediately,

years later, he would have

Path, and even if he is still working on it,

remained silent

really no

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

were still powerful,

the jester. "Are there any left in the

Mages destroyed everything. You won't find a single inheritance regarding

I've said, there are

them,"

remained silent as he

even if the Teacher Mervin

is a way, all hope is not

strengthened his grip on his

for the next fight," he

The jester didn't answer.

wheels began

Commander Stage warrior," the mechanical voice

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

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

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

I make any progress? Honestly, I don't

SHING!

that moment,

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

Shang thought that this was a barbarian, but

of all, the man wasn't carrying a heavy

basically didn't qualify as opponents in this trial. They were neither

in front of Shang was

own,

among the

lifted his hammer

DING!

opened his eyes and looked at

the side, creating a screeching noise by

movements had been

warrior entered a battle

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

eye and also exploded forward with an Ice

of them charged at each

sword seemed to bend in the