[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic":3,"chapter-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-219":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sword God in a World of Magic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1492204,1940,"Chapter 219 Jester","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-219",219,"\u003Cp>Chapter 219 Jester\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had just finished his last match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long trial was finally over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After 22 fights, excluding the executions, Shang had finally finished the trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, Shang didn't even think about the trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only thought about his Affinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Entropy?' Shang thought as his last eye looked at his remaining arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What kind of Affinity is this?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did Shang think about when he realized his Affinity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The potential?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The uses?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, Shang was thinking about something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had tried to convince himself that all his opponents had to die for his goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all had to die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, why was Shang even trying to convince himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he truly thought that, he wouldn't need to convince himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would just accept that everyone had to die and would do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why put so much energy into convincing himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to acknowledge, but right now, Shang realized that he hadn't truly believed that sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn't be feeling as he was feeling right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just mere moments ago, Shang felt like he had a choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been his choice to act this cruelly towards everyone opposing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that his choice had been taken away, he felt a feeling of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How am I supposed to interact with anyone when I am the very antithesis of their existence, their goals, and dreams?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fire can destroy, but it also leaves behind nutrients that plants use. Additionally, we couldn't even survive without the sun.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Water and Earth can destroy, but they are the very basis for life.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wind brings movement into the world. Additionally, oxygen is also important for life.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Ice? So what if it's cold? There are enough animals that can live in a tundra.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'All our bodies use lightning to function.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Metal? Who doesn't need iron and magnesium for their body?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Light is just life, and darkness can also protect.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Entropy?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What can Entropy do?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Entropy is the antithesis of everything we know.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In Entropy, nothing is relevant anymore.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Without movement, space has become meaningless.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Without change, time has become meaningless.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Entropy means that there is no life.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Entropy means that there is nothing.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There is just nothing!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang remained silent as he looked at the ground with his remaining eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What if I become more powerful? What then?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Will I start destroying everything around me?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while, Shang wasn't sure what he was thinking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was thinking about something, but he didn't know what he was thinking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only knew that he was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he was trying to untangle this web of emotions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he was trying to make sense of his situation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, eventually, Shang sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang flipped himself over to lay on his back as he held his last arm towards the sun in his world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang only looked at his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This arm couldn't create.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could only destroy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How would my rise to power affect the world around me?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I don't know.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang just looked at his arm for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Shang sighed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Maybe I'm overthinking all of this. I don't know.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I mean, I can still help others, right?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But is that something I want?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I think it is? Not sure. I mean, I am thinking about these things right now. If I didn't care, I wouldn't think about these things.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang only looked at his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I don't know.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally done moping around?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang heard a squeaky noise and barely managed to move his weak body to look at the source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the jester!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one that always struck the bell with his hammer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, the jester was standing beside Shang, hammer still in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, it looked like a cheap machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey! I put a lot of work into this puppet! Don't call it a cheap machine!\" the jester shouted with a snort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's eye widened in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't say that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only thought-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Oh. It's him.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough, it's me,\" the jester said with a wide and creepy grin. \"I always had a fond spot for jesters. They're funny.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang did his best not to disagree with the God in his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you here?\" Shang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why can't I be here?\" the jester asked with a smirk. \"This is my world. I can do whatever I want in it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang remained silent for a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I noticed,\" Shang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a definite implication in the way he said these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, someone's mad,\" the jester said as he walked around Shang's atrophied body, every step making squeaky noises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're mad that you have to entertain me? Is that it?\" the jester asked with a wide grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang didn't answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what?\" the jester shouted as he loudly laughed. \"Then be mad! It won't change reality!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's jaw tightened, but he didn't even think about disagreeing with the jester.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing Shang could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God was just like the Storm Eagle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warrior's Paradise only existed because the Storm Eagle didn't want to destroy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did Shang exist?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was Shang in this world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was Shang's purpose here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entertainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire existence, his entire being, his purpose, his everything only existed for entertainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Shang weren't entertaining anymore, all of this would vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's destiny was to dance for the God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang looked at the jester, only one sentence went through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's like I'm the jester's jester.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahahahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God broke out into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The jester's jester,\" he repeated as he presented his body by hopping from one leg onto the other. \"The jester,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he pointed at Shang with his hammer. \"The jester's jester.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should have called you Chester!\" the jester said with a loud laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang didn't find it funny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you force the name Shang on me?\" Shang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jester only grinned. \"It means entropy in Chinese. Well, not entirely. I kind of had to change the pronunciation of the a. Shahng just sounds weird as a name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang remained silent for some seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's it?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" the God asked as he bowed around Shang's head to look him in his remaining eye. \"Did you expect more?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question of why the God had forced the name Shang upon him had been a mystery for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did Shang need a new name?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had thought that there was a greater reason for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe there was some significance to his name?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only the God having fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why Entropy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grin never left the jester's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of your last question,\" he answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang wanted to ask what his question was, but he stopped himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God wouldn't answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang thought of a different question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been confused about this thing for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why not ask the God?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't have to ask,\" the jester said with his grin. \"I already know what you want to ask.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you answer?\" Shang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jester's grin became even wider, which hadn't seemed possible just a second ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already answered that question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't you wait until the Commander Stage?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1225,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","37f2253ea4fc6565c80c6ac16337b25b2169d0977056eecd2282d2bec9e9e3f6","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-220","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-218",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]