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

deep breath when he heard

God was obviously talking about the

the aid of someone far more powerful than him,

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

would have advanced immediately,

too early. If he had been born just fifty years later, he would have a

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

remained silent

no way?"

"I designed this world to

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

at the jester. "Are there any left in

destroyed everything. You won't find

said,

them," the

remained silent as he just took a deep

Teacher Mervin, even if the Teacher Mervin that helped

there is a

grip on his

ready for the next

The jester didn't answer.

the wheels began to spin

Peak Commander Stage warrior," the

Shang remembered something and looked at the jester

pleases me, and I don't want

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

progress? Honestly, I don't

SHING!

moment, Shang's opponent

carried a long sword in his hands, just like Teacher Mervin.

a second, Shang thought that this was a barbarian, but he

all, the man wasn't carrying a heavy weapon but an elegant and long

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

the person in front of Shang was probably

on their own, only working

I assumed that some hermit warrior would be among the more powerful warriors, but this one is

hammer and struck

DING!

opened his eyes and

creating a screeching noise by cutting the

movements had been incredibly

entered a

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

and also exploded forward with an Ice

each

warrior's sword seemed to bend in the air and move