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."

outside help, he will never reach the Fifth Realm. His Path is just

deep breath when he

was obviously talking about the

of someone far more powerful than him, the Dean would never reach the Fifth

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

predecessor, he would have

years later, he would

his Path, and even if he is still working on it, there are no fitting

silent for a

no

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

Back when warriors were still powerful, they simply ingested a pill to achieve such

looked at the jester. "Are there

jester answered. "The Mages destroyed everything. You won't find a single inheritance regarding physical fighters in the

as I've said, there

find them," the jester said with

remained silent as he just took a

wanted to repay Teacher Mervin, even if the Teacher Mervin that helped him

long as there is a way,

strengthened his grip on

the next fight," he

The jester didn't answer.

wheels began to spin

Commander Stage warrior,"

the jester again. "You don't count the

pleases me, and I don't want to

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

any progress? Honestly, I don't

SHING!

that moment, Shang's

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

a barbarian, but

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

in this trial. They were neither warriors

meant that the person in front of Shang was probably some kind of

their own, only working on

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

his hammer and

DING!

eyes and

the side, creating a screeching

movements had

warrior entered

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

eye and also exploded forward with

at each other, and Shang readied

warrior's sword seemed to bend in the air and move to the