Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang just kept lying in the middle of the cave, breathing heavily.

He was so old.

He was so weak.

He was so tired.

Yet, there was nothing he could do but try to learn as much about his current situation as possible.

He had arrived at the end of his life, but there was still a way to extend it.

Shang hadn't achieved his goal yet, and he wouldn't stop trying to achieve it.

How many people knew the level three Concept of Death?

Extremely few.

The Concepts of Death were just as rare as the Concepts of Life, and the only two people Shang knew that had comprehended any of these Concepts were Queen Primordium and the Custodian.

The Custodian had comprehended two Concepts of Life.

But that was it.

Shang knew two Concepts of Death, which basically already put him on the level of one of the most powerful Mage Kings in the world.

Comprehending the level three Concept of Death would be even more difficult.

Yet, Shang wouldn't give up.

He never gave up.

Ever since he had started on his path to power, he hadn't given up.

This was his entire thing.

This was his entire personality.

Single-minded obsession with only one thing.

Undying and ceaseless effort towards one thing.

Shang had sacrificed so much just to achieve his goal.

But if he failed now, all of this would have been for nothing.

All these sacrifices would only have meant something if Shang actually managed to reach his goal.

Shang was not someone that was happy with what he had.

To Shang, there was no grey, only black and white.

Either he achieved his goal or not.

To him, dying as a powerful Cloud was worth just as much as dying to a Pest Cat when he had just arrived in this world.

For the first time in a long while, Shang actually thought back to his life on Earth.

was so far

MMA fighter?

Phones?

Grocery stores?

What a weird world.

people came up with in a

remembered working on getting enough money to

also remembered how he had basically been a drunkard a year before that due

girlfriend, whom he had essentially chased off

He had parents.

Parents…

a strange and alien

Family…

to the

been so

couldn't even take out

and how he had felt after

The unknown forest.

feeling of coming into contact with Mana

The following training.

had been

only needed to

with his sword

weak Spirit Sense focused on the Subsis lying

he said weakly in a scratchy

Sword didn't answer.

times he

talked

was so much

then, Shang was reminded of the first time he had truly used Entropy in the

Commander Wilbury.

him, saying that it didn't

mirror, huh?" Shang

Sword didn't say anything.

always a mirror. You always showed me what I didn't

Sword didn't say anything.

why I'm talking to you," Shang

Sword didn't say anything.

Magic Circle," Shang said. "The level two Concept of Life, Change, the level three Concept of Gravity, Compression, the level two Concept of Space, Distance, the level three Concept of Metal, Steel, and the most impressive of

Sword didn't say anything.

complex Magic Circle that shows whatever would help the user the

then, I wanted

had just as much ambition

both worked towards the

what I

Sword didn't say anything.

was revenge, which was the

its absolute best

because it was

you,"

Sword didn't say anything.

know why I am talking to you right now. Maybe it's just a last bit of solace I wish