Sword God in a World of Magic

'I wonder why that is,' Shang thought as he threw the Adept's desecrated corpse to the side.

The once beautiful woman was nothing more than a husk of what she had once been.

The cheering returned as her corpse slowly vanished.

'Why does it not feel as bad to kill Mages as killing warriors?'

'Maybe it has something to do with belonging, privilege, and power? I mean, lots of normal people on Earth don't have sympathy for a millionaire.'

The wheel returned.

"Level three: Powerful Initial Adept."

Then, the wheel began to spin.

'I'm not sure,' Shang thought, 'but I think I'm on to something here.'

Shang scratched his chin as he waited for the wheel to finish spinning.

'Mages have thousands of years of advancements that make it easier for them to become powerful. On top of that comes the fact that some Mages don't view warriors as equals. I mean, I think I didn't speak to one of those before, but I did notice some odd stares from some Mages.'

The wheel stopped at the Lightning Affinity.

'A lot of people from poorer countries have an inherent dislike for people of richer countries, which I can understand. After all, the people of richer countries automatically have it easier in life just due to the simple fact that they had the luck of the draw during birth.'

'They didn't work for their privilege, which could create some anger in some people. Why do they have to work so hard to earn enough money to buy the few scraps of food that keep them alive while others get help from their country?'

After a short burst of light, Shang's opponent appeared in the distance.

It was a young man with short, silver hair. A serious expression was on his face, and he wore spiky, silver robes.

'I mean, I am in an inferior position in life, which could mean that…'

As Shang looked at his opponent, his thoughts stopped.

And then, Shang threw everything he was currently thinking about out of his mind and fully focused on the battle.

What had prompted this change in priorities?

In the man's hand was a floating crystal, and a circlet was slowly and peacefully spinning around it.

'A Focus,' Shang thought as he narrowed his eyes.

'This might be more difficult than I anticipated.'

The jester slowly lifted his hammer and struck the bell.

The Mage opened his eyes, and he looked at Shang with a solemn expression.

BANG!

exploded forward with his full speed. With his opponent having a Focus, Shang

was exactly one of these many advantages

the gap that the Mana Sources created, but

Focus could use the Mana in the environment to cast a Spell, but that wasn't

not needing any Mana, the Focus could also cast Spells on its own, albeit with

that was already

having a Focus gave a Mage a free Spell every two seconds or so,

the Adept activated his Focus and created his

a Spell that didn't sound familiar

so many Mages, Shang became familiar with nearly every Spell, but he

'Sure enough, this is a very powerful and talented

the Adept, the Adept suddenly

an instant, Shang

the most powerful High Mages could

Shang noticed that his

bolts of lightning were coming out of his Mana Shield, which connected it to

force of lightning to

cost a ton of

his opponent and slashed forward with his

BZZ!

came out of the Adept's Mana Shield

cramp up, and he felt some searing

Affinity ore, it would have absorbed the

went through Shang's entire body and

And his opponent?

the lightning hit Shang's sword, the Mana Shield was

Shang's

that's why he used that Spell,' Shang thought with narrowed eyes. 'His Spell repels all forms of matter, which makes

soapy water, the Mana Shield glided away from Shang and

charged

the surface of the Mana Shield became brighter, and Shang couldn't

hiding his Focus so that I can't anticipate his

bright ball, his mind

Focus should have finished creating its first Spell now,

worse, Shang didn't know what kind of Spell the Focus

a Mage. In comparison to a Mage, a

that was

possible that the Adept had

closer, his nervousness

Mages

custom Spells, which

his fair share of Lightning Adepts,

became

only

flash had passed, and the Mana Shield returned to