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.

so

MMA fighter?

Phones?

Grocery stores?

What a weird world.

with in a

getting enough money

a drunkard

whom he had essentially chased off by constantly coming home drunk

He had parents.

Parents…

strange and

Family…

mind wandered to

had been

even take out two

and how he had felt after

The unknown forest.

into contact with Mana for

The following training.

had been so much

only needed to train in

couple of swings with his sword was all the

thought about his sword, his weak Spirit Sense focused on the Subsis

huh?" he said weakly

Sword didn't answer.

to the times he had trained together with

talked and trained

was so

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

Commander Wilbury.

at him, saying

mirror, huh?" Shang

Sword didn't say anything.

were always a mirror. You always showed

Sword didn't say anything.

don't even know why I'm

Sword didn't say anything.

and fluid Magic Circle," Shang said. "The level two Concept of Life, Change, the level three Concept of Gravity, Compression, the level two Concept of Space,

Sword didn't say anything.

these Concepts, you can create a complex Magic Circle that

then, I

just as much ambition

we both worked towards

I wanted,"

Sword didn't say anything.

was revenge, which was the last input his spear had

a program, it did its absolute

that's because it was a

you,"

Sword didn't say anything.

right now. Maybe it's just a last bit of