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."

the Fifth Realm. His Path

a deep breath

obviously talking about

far more powerful than him, the Dean would never reach

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

he would have

fifty years later, he would have

even if he is still working on it, there are no

silent for a

really no way?"

laugh. "I designed

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

the jester. "Are

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

as I've said,

your duty to find them," the jester said

he just took

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

long as there is a way, all hope

strengthened his grip

the next fight,"

The jester didn't answer.

wheels began to

Stage warrior," the mechanical

jester again. "You don't count the last fight as cheating,

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

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

progress?

SHING!

moment, Shang's opponent

a long sword in his hands,

was a

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

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

person in front of Shang was probably some kind

lived on their own, only working on

warrior would be among the more powerful warriors, but

jester lifted his hammer and

DING!

eyes and looked

the side, creating a screeching noise by cutting

had been incredibly

entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

his right eye and also exploded forward with an

two of them charged at each other, and Shang

in the air and