Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang released a long sigh.

Going through the trial was always filled with stress. Even though his life wasn't technically on the line here, the continuous fights against stronger and stronger opponents sapped his strength by a lot.

"You got thirteen points in the beast category and ten points in the Mage category," the jester said. "That's a total of 23 points without a warrior category."

"It was definitely the right decision to promote you."

Shang didn't answer.

He knew that his power had grown tremendously, but that didn't just occur naturally.

Shang was 85 years old, and he had spent over 50 years in complete isolation.

About 70% of his life had been nothing but training day in and day out in isolation.

Was it easy to do something like that?

Of course not!

Shang also wanted to take breaks.

He also wanted to do something else.

However, he couldn't allow himself to relax.

His goal was too important to him, and any moment that wasn't spent on getting him to his goal was a waste of time.

"What are the rewards?" Shang asked.

The jester smirked.

SHING!

Three small things appeared above his right hand, and Shang looked at them.

One was a small set of armor.

One was a small book.

One was a big question mark.

"I have three things to choose from. You may only take one," the jester said.

At that moment, the little armor floated forward and grew to its normal size.

It looked just like Shang's previous armor.

"The first option: An armor just like your weapon."

Shang took a deep breath as he heard that.

An armor just like Sword?

"So, it regenerates, adapts to my needs, and it grows stronger by giving it ore?" Shang asked.

The jester nodded. "Exactly."

this armor, you will never have issues with your armor again, just like

closed his right eye

reward was

fact, it was terrifyingly

impossible in this world, and

that required decades of research, and Shang couldn't spare

would never

that hit Shang would severely

get at least two additional lives per

also allow Shang to get further in future trials, assuming

Shang was definitely tempted.

next

he wanted to listen

than Shang had expected, and he wanted

and returned to the jester's hand as the book grew and floated

technique that's adaptable to every kind of weapon and Element," the jester said. "You can use it as a baseline for all your future techniques. You don't need to study Magic anymore, and its power is

take another deep

terrifying something

essentially only a blueprint. It had certain principles inside it that could be filled with

completely transform Shang's fighting style again and elevate it to new

technique might even give Shang the inspiration he needed to theorize a way to

decades of

task. Shang had to create

was very possible that Shang wouldn't even reach the Fifth

in the future, he would find a way, but he had already taken several incorrect steps before

technique might even be useful

would increase Shang's chance of survival several-fold in the future, the second reward would increase Shang's

was useful forever, while the technique might lose its effects

technique might have given Shang enough inspiration to create something even better, which he wouldn't have been

were terrifyingly useful for Shang's

up either of them since both were

third?" Shang

jester's hand,

you what it is," the

able to make a decision?" Shang asked. "Why are you even offering it? You know me. I would much rather take something that

"I'm

raised an

ago, someone created this thing. Then, they sacrificed a lot of Mana to

that, one day, this thing would

they have succeeded and that this thing

the jester. "Does fate even

way, it does," he said as he looked at Shang. "Fate

influence your will?"

course not," the jester said with a laugh. "There is no one that can influence my will. This thing is

for a while. "Am

said

that person know me?" Shang

"No."

be useful for

the jester said. "I may enjoy joking around, but I still believe in fair rewards. It will definitely

more useful than

mark floated back to the

it because I like to tempt fate, which