Sword God in a World of Magic

After absorbing the Abomination, Shang took out his Communication Crystal.

"Yes?" came the neutral voice of Jerald.

"I've advanced."

Silence.

"Really?" Jerald said with a much brighter and shocked voice.

"Yes, I've reached the True Path Stage. I've created my True Path," Shang answered.

"Finally," Jerald said with exhaustion. "Finally, it's time."

"Not entirely," Shang said. "I want to undergo the trial before we do anything. This can increase my power even more."

"Oh, right," Jerald said, some of his good mood gone. "Yes, as discussed, it would be better if we do everything after the trial. Do you know when you will take it?"

"There have been some changes," Shang said.

"Changes?" Jerald asked with skepticism. For just a moment, he thought that Shang would go back on what they had agreed on.

"Not from my side, but from his side. You know who I'm talking about," Shang said.

Jerald didn't know who Shang meant.

"The God," Shang said after a while.

"Wait, he contacted you? He can just do that?" Jerald asked in surprise.

"Yes, he can," Shang said. "I was also a bit surprised, but it shouldn't actually be surprising when you think about it. This is his world. He can do whatever he wants."

"I guess so," Jerald answered. "What changes?"

Shang told Jerald that he was now responsible for his own power, not the warriors' power and that there would also be a new person coming soon.

"So, he's sending another one to take over your job?" Jerald asked.

"Correct," Shang answered. "He said that it would be a man since he kept referring to him as he. I can imagine that he would have received similar instructions to me, which means that he will probably only appear sometime in the next three years and not immediately."

"I have been tasked with helping him a bit by explaining several things to him. I would ask you to pay attention to people that are similar to how I was when you found me. Of course, as long as he doesn't actively show signs, it will be difficult to find him. It might even be possible that he doesn't even know about me. After all, I also didn't know about George being someone like me back then."

"However, he will almost certainly appear somewhere in the Storm Eagle Zone, and he will most likely try to enter the Warrior's Academy."

"It might take several months to three years until he gains the power and experience to get through the Warrior Academy's exam."

"Could you keep me informed about new students that might possibly be him?" Shang asked.

"No problem," Jerald answered.

"Thank you," Shang said. "Then, I will continue training until it is time for the trial. I will contact you when it's time."

a second," Jerald

"Yes?"

have become. Is it fine if I

to check Shang's power. After all, Jerald's plans hinged on Shang being powerful enough to fight Mid High Mages. An Initial True Path Stage warrior that could fight such a powerful Mage should be

Shang, Jerald estimated

that was still only an

how powerful Shang had truly

"Sure," Shang said.

before

Communication Crystal away and

of minutes later, Shang felt Jerald enter

for a couple

entire perspective

no longer a humongous giant

Shang was powerful enough to actually estimate

what he felt

Mage,

far more imposing and

he could fight a Mid High Mage without any issues, and he even hoped that he might have

Jerald's power, Shang

these powerful geniuses

Mage would become average when they

genius aura as a Late High

This was beyond impressive.

that Jerald might be the most powerful Late

be him,' Shang thought. 'I can understand why the Council fears pushing him to

thought with a sigh as he remembered that

the last decades, and nothing was how it had been in the

like an old man,' Shang thought with slight amusement. 'I mean, I'm

can sense you, Jerald," Shang transmitted to

tried to find

that?" Jerald asked after he realized

bigger.

dropped when he heard

nearly 20 kilometers between them

advancing, and a solemn expression appeared on his

have to keep that a secret, Shang,"

"I know," Shang said.

you tell

I trust

only sigh.

understood why he should keep his Spirit Sense a

there hadn't been a single High Mage with such a

a warrior could achieve something not even any High Mage in the known past could have achieved, the panic and fear

in their lands to

incident because the person had been so

was something very

that, Shang had to keep it a