Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang slowly walked down some wooden stairs. The entrance he had walked through was near the top of the hall.

Of the seven people currently inside the hall, three were inside their small homes.

Nine of the ten people associated with this branch had a lot of ambition and wanted to grow more powerful. That's why most people were always busy with their own training.

Shang was no longer in some separate Area made for developing different Paths.

No, this was the real world, and the millennia of knowledge known to humanity were not a secret here.

While the weak humans in Area 23 had only trained in isolation and with some materials, the stronger and more experienced Mages here did more.

For these people, their journey toward power was divided into five parts.

Part one: Gain resources.

Training without assisting resources was just making it more difficult for no reason. The quicker one managed to achieve their goals in their training, the more time they had left in their life.

Around 10% of all High Mages didn't die to some beast or other Mage, but due to their longevity running out.

With only 500 years in total, everyone had to work on their own power with a lot of enthusiasm. Otherwise, all the training would have been for nothing.

Yet, resources were extremely expensive.

Because of that, a huge part of someone's journey to power was about gaining the resources to expedite their training.

Part two: Comprehending Concepts.

After the person got their resources, they would focus on comprehending their next Concept. With the help of the resources they had gained earlier, the Mages could save several decades in this process.

Getting resources for a full decade could pay off big time by saving five decades of meditation.

Part three: Creating Spells.

one could make full use of

That medium was Spells.

had gained to create several powerful Spells. Most of the time, this

Part four: Practice.

their Spells during stressful situations. Most of the time, this was the shortest part of their training, but it was still irreplaceable. A

Part five: Inspiration.

and most dangerous part

and body would reach their full potential, allowing their minds to come up

that was a genuine threat to them. Like this, they would be pushed

wasn't a set rule as

a combination of risk

in relation to oneself, the more one had to push oneself to

fights were

some scattered insights by

dangerous opponent, very great

weak opponent, very little

why so many Mages died to

to risk their lives, leaving

still possible to become an Archmage without risking one's

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the cycle of training for ambition-filled

nine Named Agents in this branch

this branch, three were on

were currently focusing on creating Spells

was why they meditated

to fully focus on the process. If they got interrupted, they would, at most, lose around three minutes of work while still getting the opportunity to snatch up some

part three of training often happened in short bursts of

the hall were two people