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."

to the tether is

tether is made up of multiple

that connects to the tether is called the soul

core is in your brain. Because of that, your mind will

to your soul. This is the connection responsible for transferring your power back

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

is no primary connection, this process

becomes stronger by gaining Mana via the much smaller connections, which means

tradeoff is that the Mana in your body is always in an over-full state since it can't escape

into life energy in the blink

to repair the primary connection. Your Mana would find a way to escape into your

your body wouldn't be over-filled with Mana, making it more time-consuming to transform your Mana into life energy. You

to react in an instant, but if they are threatened by two kingdoms on two opposite borders,

Shang listened intently.

to solve your issue would be to re-establish the primary connection, but on

to the kingdom analogy I used, what I would be doing would be to take one of the two enemies and place them

I'm going to connect the

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

lower 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 that state, you will produce more

state only happens when your life energy is at about

70%, at which point you will experience said symptoms perpetually for the remainder of

be impossible for you to calm

wild, and you will feel like you're in the middle of

life energy feels

"Forever."

Silence.