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

a deep breath when he

God was obviously

powerful than him, the Dean

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

he would have advanced immediately, wasting

years later,

and even if he is still working

remained silent

there really no way?" he

smirked. "There is always a way," he said with a laugh. "I designed this world to always have a way.

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

jester. "Are there any left in the

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

as I've said, there

them," the jester

as he

even if the Teacher Mervin that helped him had

is a

grip on

the next fight,"

The jester didn't answer.

began to spin

Weak Peak Commander Stage warrior," the mechanical

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

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

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

any progress?

SHING!

that moment, Shang's

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

a barbarian, but he knew that wouldn't make any

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

barbarians basically didn't qualify as opponents in this trial. They were neither warriors nor beasts, and they

in front of

lived on their own, only working

would be among

jester lifted his hammer and struck

DING!

opened his eyes and looked

sword to the side, creating a

had been

warrior entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

right eye and also exploded forward

them charged at each other, and Shang readied

seemed to bend in the air and move to the