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."

will never reach the Fifth Realm. His Path

took a deep breath when

God was obviously

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

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

would have

too early. If he had been born just fifty years

and even if he is still working

remained silent

there really no

"I designed this world to

thing you call the Procedure is only one of many ways to strengthen your body. Back when warriors were still powerful, they simply

looked at the jester. "Are there

Mages destroyed everything. You won't find a

I've said, there are

to find them," the

remained silent as he just took a deep

Mervin, even if the Teacher Mervin that helped him

as there is a way, all hope

strengthened his grip on his

ready for the next fight," he

The jester didn't answer.

wheels began

Stage

Shang remembered something and looked at the jester again. "You don't count

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

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

I make any progress? Honestly, I don't

SHING!

moment,

carried a long sword in his hands, just like

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

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

this trial. They were neither

the person in front of Shang was probably

their own,

among the

his hammer and struck the

DING!

opened his eyes and looked at Shang

his sword to the side, creating a

movements had

entered a

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

his right eye and also exploded forward with

them charged at each other, and Shang readied his

the warrior's sword seemed to bend in the