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."

reach the Fifth Realm. His Path

took a deep breath when

obviously talking about

aid of someone far more powerful than him, the

the jester added. "He saw that your predecessor couldn't rival the Mages

he would have advanced immediately, wasting his

fifty years later, he would have a

has already condensed his Path, and even if he is still

remained silent for

there really no way?"

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

ways to strengthen your body. Back when warriors were still powerful, they simply

jester. "Are

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

said, there are

them," the jester said

as he just took a deep

if the Teacher

as there is a way, all hope is

his grip

the next

The jester didn't answer.

the wheels began

Weak Peak Commander Stage warrior," the mechanical voice

at the jester again.

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

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

progress?

SHING!

moment, Shang's

his hands, just

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

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

opponents in this trial. They were neither warriors nor beasts, and

the person in front of Shang was probably some kind of

their own, only

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

lifted his hammer and struck

DING!

his eyes and

to the side, creating a screeching noise

had

warrior entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

right eye and also exploded

each other,

bend in the air and