Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang didn't react in any special way to Wester's words.

"I would prefer the second way," Shang said.

Silence.

Shang couldn't see it, but Queen Primordium was looking at him with furrowed brows.

When the Custodian talked about severe pain, he was probably talking about some very serious pain, and to top it all off, Shang would have this pain for the rest of his life.

Yet, Shang didn't even ask the Custodian about the pain.

This didn't make Shang appear like someone that could resist a lot of pain but like someone that was hopelessly overestimating themselves.

However, Shang had a fivefold Spirit Sense. So, maybe he actually knew what he was talking about.

"You don't care about the pain?" Wester asked with a smile.

"It doesn't matter," Shang answered.

Silence.

The two Mage Kings waited for Shang to elaborate, but Shang had already said everything he wanted to say.

"Alright," Wester said. "Let me explain what is happening in your body right now and how we will change things."

"Your soul is connected to your body via a tether. You could look at it like a thread connecting the two things."

connects to the

made

of your soul that connects to the tether

brain. Because of that, your mind will become

connection within the tether that connects your body to your soul. This is the connection responsible

nearly impossible to strengthen your soul since there is simply no connection, which also means that it is

need to absorb Mana with your mind and push that Mana into your soul,

there is no primary connection, this

smaller connections, which means that you

in your body is always in an over-full state since it can't escape into your mind and soul as easily.

your Mana into

primary connection. Your Mana would find a way to escape

your body wouldn't be over-filled with Mana, making it more time-consuming to transform your Mana into life energy. You could imagine it as a kingdom waging war

instant, but if they are threatened by two kingdoms on two opposite borders, it takes a long while for the forces to react since they would

Shang listened intently.

your issue would be

what I would be doing would be to take one of the two enemies and place them behind

to connect the tether to your center of life

life energy. Theoretically, it's possible, but it takes more effort. Additionally, the soul doesn't

of instinct. Your survival instincts kick in,

actively dangerous situation, this state only happens when your life energy is at about

soul will keep absorbing your life energy until it reaches 70%, at which point

impossible for you

and you will feel like you're in the middle

loss of great amounts of life energy feels like you are about to

"Forever."

Silence.