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."

never reach the Fifth Realm. His Path

breath when he heard

was obviously talking

than him, the Dean

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

he would have advanced immediately, wasting his

early. If he had been born just fifty years later, he would have a shot at transforming his body

condensed his Path, and even if he is still working on it, there

remained silent

no

designed this world to always have a way. The different

to strengthen your body. Back when warriors were still

jester. "Are

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

I've said,

them," the jester said

as he just took a

repay Teacher Mervin, even if the Teacher

long as there is a way,

his grip on

for the next

The jester didn't answer.

began to spin

Stage

the jester again. "You don't

said. "You didn't rely on my power. Also, your progress pleases me, and

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

I make any progress? Honestly, I

SHING!

that moment, Shang's opponent

in his hands, just like Teacher Mervin. Surprisingly, he wore clothes made of

a second, Shang thought that this was a

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

were neither warriors

that the person in front of Shang was

their own, only working on their

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

hammer and struck the

DING!

eyes and

he swung his sword to the side, creating a

had

warrior entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

right eye and also

of them charged at each other, and Shang readied

in the air and move