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 the tether is called the

is made up of multiple

soul that connects to the tether is called

mind since your soul core is in your brain. Because of

within the tether that connects your body to your

connection, it is nearly impossible to strengthen your soul since there is

need to absorb Mana with your mind and push that Mana into your soul, which will then grow more powerful, which, in turn, will also increase the

no primary connection, this process

which means that you have to be many times more powerful to strengthen your mind just by a

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

into life energy in the blink of an

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

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

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

Shang listened intently.

solve your issue would be to re-establish the primary

be doing would be to take one of the two

to connect the tether

possible, but it takes more effort. Additionally, the soul doesn't stop pulling Mana, which means that it will keep

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

outside an actively dangerous situation, this state only happens when your life energy is

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

impossible for you

feel like you're

life energy feels like you are about

"Forever."

Silence.