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!

With his opponent having a Focus, Shang couldn't take this battle lightly

Focus was exactly one of these many advantages that the Mages had over

closed the gap that the Mana Sources created, but

the environment to cast a Spell, but that wasn't all it brought to

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

was

having a Focus gave a Mage a free Spell every

Shang charged forward, the Adept activated his Focus

a Spell that didn't sound familiar

with nearly every Spell,

self-created Spell,' Shang thought. 'Sure enough, this is a very powerful and talented

from the Adept, the Adept suddenly began to float

instant, Shang was

powerful High Mages

noticed that

were coming out of his Mana

Adept was using the force of lightning to float

ton of

and

BZZ!

lightning came out of the Adept's Mana Shield and hit Shang's

up, and he felt some searing pain shoot throughout

had been made with Lightning Affinity ore, it would have absorbed the Lightning Mana. However, since it wasn't, it only conducted the

lightning went through Shang's entire body and

And his opponent?

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

of that, Shang's

that Spell,' Shang thought with narrowed eyes. 'His Spell

of soapy water, the Mana Shield glided away from

charged

the Mana Shield became brighter, and Shang couldn't see his opponent

that

the bright ball, his

Focus should have finished creating its first Spell now, and the Adept could unleash it whenever he

Shang didn't know what kind of Spell the Focus

Spell, and not several, like a Mage. In comparison to a Mage,

was

possible that the Adept

got closer,

Lightning Mages

has had the time to create two custom Spells, which means that he will probably use one of the

fair share of Lightning Adepts, and he knew

Mana Shield became even brighter with a

only continued

had passed, and the Mana Shield returned to