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."

that connects to the tether is called the

made up

of your soul that connects to

brain. Because of that,

the tether that connects your body to your soul. This is the connection responsible for transferring your power back and

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

your soul, which will then grow more powerful, which, in turn, will also increase the

no primary

means that you have to be many times more powerful to strengthen your

in an over-full state since it can't escape into your

how you can transform your Mana into life energy in the blink of

way to solve this issue would be to repair the primary connection. Your Mana would find a way to escape into

Mana, making it more time-consuming to transform your Mana into life energy. You could imagine it as a kingdom waging war against

their forces near the frontlines, ready to react in an 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 be stationed in the middle

Shang listened intently.

solve your issue would be to re-establish the

back to the kingdom analogy I used, what I would be doing would be to take one of the two enemies and place them behind the other enemy. Your

terms, I'm going to connect the tether to your center

the soul isn't meant to grow by absorbing life energy. Theoretically, it's possible, but it takes more effort. Additionally, the soul doesn't stop pulling Mana, which

more life energy your body produces out of instinct. Your survival instincts kick in, you become awake, you become attentive, and your emotions

happens when your life energy is at about 70% of its

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

for you to calm

and you will feel like you're in the middle

life energy feels like you are

"Forever."

Silence.