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."

on your body that connects to the

tether is made up

soul that connects to the tether

closest thing to the soul is the mind since your soul core is in your brain. Because of that, your mind will become more powerful as your

your body to your soul.

your soul since there is simply no connection, which also means that it is

Mana into your soul, which will then grow more powerful, which, in turn, will also increase the power of your

there is no primary connection, this process

your soul only becomes stronger by gaining Mana via the much smaller connections, which means that you have to be many times more powerful to strengthen your mind just by a little

the tradeoff is that the Mana in your body is always in an over-full state since it can't escape into your mind and soul as easily. That makes your Mana very

you can transform your Mana into

to repair the primary connection. Your Mana would find

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

but if they are threatened by two

Shang listened intently.

the way that I am proposing to solve your issue would be to re-establish the primary connection, but on a different

would be to take one of the two enemies

to connect the tether to your

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

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

when your life energy

it reaches 70%, at which point you will experience said symptoms perpetually

be impossible for you to calm

like you're in

great amounts of life energy feels

"Forever."

Silence.