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."

body that connects to

made up

your soul that connects to the

your brain. Because of that, your mind will become more powerful as your

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

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

your mind and push that Mana into your soul, which will then grow more powerful, which, in

since there is no primary

case, 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

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 volatile and prone to

you can transform your Mana into life

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

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

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

Shang listened intently.

am proposing to solve your issue would be to re-establish the primary connection,

I would be doing would be to take one of the two enemies and place them behind the other enemy. Your

to connect the tether to your

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,

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

this state only happens when your

life energy until it reaches 70%, at which point you will experience said symptoms perpetually for

will be impossible for you to

and you will feel like you're in the middle of a battle every second of

amounts of life energy feels like you are about to

"Forever."

Silence.