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."

help, he will never reach the Fifth

took a deep breath when he

God was obviously

someone far more powerful than him, the Dean would

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

your predecessor, he would have

came 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

remained silent for a

no way?"

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

warriors were still

the jester. "Are there any

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

as I've said, there are

them," the jester said with

as he just took a deep

repay Teacher Mervin, even if the Teacher Mervin that helped him had not been the real

long as there is a

strengthened his grip on his

for the next

The jester didn't answer.

began

Stage

that moment, Shang remembered something and looked at the jester again. "You don't count the last fight

power. Also, your progress pleases me, and I don't want to punish you for living up

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

I make any progress?

SHING!

that moment, Shang's opponent

He carried a long sword in his hands, just

Shang thought that this was a barbarian, but he knew

wasn't carrying a heavy weapon but an

neither

person in front of Shang was

their own, only working on their

assumed that some hermit warrior would be among the

hammer and

DING!

eyes and looked at Shang

he swung his sword to the side, creating a

movements had

warrior entered a battle

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

right eye and also

charged at each other, and Shang readied his

sword seemed to bend in the air and move to the