Sword God in a World of Magic

"No, the Equilateral Rune goes on top of the Trinominal Rune," Callen said as he pointed at two Runes inside a Magic Circle between Shang and him.

Shang rubbed the bridge of his nose in stress and started from the beginning again.

There was so much to remember and look out for!

It was like Shang had to do a complex equation while talking with someone and leading them to complete a yet unknown part of the equation.

He had to keep so many different things in mind.

He had to draw the Rune correctly, transform his Mana into just the kind of Mana he needed, precisely control the shape of his Mana, and even had to evoke certain emotions sometimes.

It took Shang several minutes to do the calculations for the Magic Circle every time, and when he finally started to draw it, some part of the equation always slipped his mind, vanishing into the aether.

It was so hard to keep all the information ready and finished while then doing something completely different.

It was like Shang had to play an instrument with his left hand and fight someone with his right while solving math equations in his head.

There was just too much different stuff at the same time.

They had already been at this for two weeks, and Shang hadn't even managed to finish one Magic Circle.

One had to remember that the Magic Circles Shang needed to draw would be different every time. One Magic Circle only corresponded to one specific change in one specific location in one specific Mana pathway.

If anything changed, the entire Magic Circle would change.

The more Shang learned about spellcasting, the more impressed he became.

The Mages were doing the same thing for their Spells, just in a different manner.

They created the Magic Circle in their mind, infused it with the right Mana and the right shape, and then had to actualize it.

And even when he managed to finish one, he would need several minutes to cast the next one.

Shang was essentially learning how to cast a Spell for the True Mage Realm, and in comparison to him, a True Mage could do all of that in less than a second.

It was brutal.

However, he was making progress.

He was practicing one of the Magic Circles over and over again, and he eventually managed to finish it three weeks after he started learning.

"Well, you might be a complete newbie when it comes to Spellcasting, but your progress is still quite impressive, considering your starting position," Callen said with a smile.

Shang rubbed the side of his forehead in exhaustion.

This was more exhausting than fighting a Mid High Mage.

when he saw the finished

Circle, Shang actually understood what

Circle for a couple

just

ten-minute break,"

a newbie like you managed to practice Spellcasting without a single

half-heartedly. "Thank you for also not taking

all, you paid

nodded again and stood up. "I need to go out for a while. I will come back in ten

I'll be waiting,"

room, but as soon as the door behind him closed, his exhausted demeanor vanished,

got careless,'

on top of Sword and flew

kilometers, Shang landed and sat

started to draw

practice, Shang had accidentally gone a bit too far one time, which resulted

and Shang needed

compared to Callen's Spell,' Shang thought as

or why they were there, but

'Equilateral Rune next- wait!'

Suddenly, Shang stopped.

Spell had never even mentioned an

Shang could see it right

Shang imagined the completed Magic Circle

to him, but about 2% of the Runes were now familiar

had learned these

of the Magic Circle and rather small, which meant that they were the most unimportant Runes in the entire Spell,

did the book describe this passageway? Three goats happily jumping over a

essentially casting Humanity by

the book described the Runes Shang now knew and found some of the methods Lucius used to make this

verb, and adjective described one specific part

made Shang subconsciously draw these Runes with a certain emotion

make use of

might need two hours,"

moment, Callen's eyes opened wide in shock, and

Sense. I'm still outside," Shang said. "You

a bit of embarrassment. "Sure, I will deal with a couple of things then. We resume in two

"Sure, thanks," Shang said.

Shang focused

was analyzing how Lucius used different words to make

then used to simplify the equations for

I feel like I'm onto something. I will contact you when we can continue with the lesson. It might take a

only furrowed his brows. "Sure," he