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."

second,"

"Yes?"

to see how powerful you have become. Is it fine if I come

plans hinged on Shang being powerful enough to fight Mid High Mages. An Initial True Path Stage warrior that could

to Shang, Jerald estimated

still

wanted to see how powerful Shang had

"Sure," Shang said.

Jerald said before cutting

Communication Crystal away and

Shang

him for

entire perspective

humongous giant

time, Shang was powerful enough to actually

he felt was

was still a Late High Mage, but he definitely

was far more

he

saw Jerald's

as all these powerful geniuses in the trials, and

True Mage would

genius aura as

This was beyond impressive.

Jerald might be the most

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

they feared him in the past,' Shang thought with a sigh as

decades, and

already thinking like an old man,' Shang thought with slight amusement.

Jerald," Shang

up as he tried to find

that?" Jerald asked after he realized that

bigger. I'm where I always am,"

jaw nearly dropped when he

20 kilometers between them

stopped advancing, and a solemn expression

to keep that a secret,

"I know," Shang said.

why did you tell

trust you,"

only sigh.

should keep his Spirit Sense a

the five Kingdoms, there hadn't been a single

Mage in the known past could

to become more powerful than them. After all, what if that person had a

person but simply didn't remember the incident because the person had been

something very

of that, Shang had to keep it