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

breath when he

was obviously

more powerful than him, the Dean would

your predecessor couldn't rival the Mages or beasts, and he realized that

have advanced immediately, wasting his

came too early. If he had been born just fifty years later, he would have a shot at

already condensed his Path, and even if he is still working on it, there are no fitting beasts for him

silent for a

no way?" he

designed this world to always have a way. The

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

jester. "Are there any

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

I've said, there

to find them," the jester

silent as he

Teacher Mervin that

long as there is a way,

his grip on his

for the next fight," he

The jester didn't answer.

the wheels began to

Weak Peak Commander Stage

something and looked at the jester again. "You don't count the

pleases me, and I don't want to punish you

'Progress, huh?' Shang thought.

I make any progress?

SHING!

that moment, Shang's opponent

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

Shang thought that this was a barbarian, but he knew that wouldn't make any

the man wasn't carrying a heavy weapon but

in this trial. They were neither warriors nor beasts, and they were worse than both of these

in front of Shang was probably some kind of

their own, only working on their

be among the

his hammer

DING!

opened his eyes and looked at Shang

his sword to the side, creating a screeching noise

movements had been incredibly

entered a

BANG!

And suddenly exploded forward.

also exploded forward with

at each other, and

seemed to bend in the air and move