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!

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

Focus was exactly one of these many advantages that the

the gap that the Mana Sources created, but Mages

Focus could use the Mana in the environment to cast a

of not needing any Mana, the Focus could also cast Spells on its

that was

free Spell every two seconds

activated his Focus and

a Spell that didn't sound familiar to

with nearly every Spell,

self-created Spell,' Shang thought. 'Sure enough, this is

when Shang reached a distance of twenty meters from the Adept, the Adept suddenly

an instant, Shang

most powerful High Mages could

Shang noticed that his opponent

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

the force of lightning to float about half a

a ton of

his opponent and slashed forward with

BZZ!

out of the Adept's Mana Shield and

his muscles cramp up, and he felt some searing pain shoot throughout

had been made with Lightning Affinity ore, it would have absorbed

entire body and entered the

And his opponent?

Shield hovered above the ground, when the lightning hit Shang's sword, the

Shang's strike

with narrowed eyes. 'His Spell repels all forms of matter, which makes

of soapy water, the Mana Shield glided away from Shang

charged

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

that I can't anticipate his

charging at the bright ball, his mind taut

have finished creating its first Spell now, and the Adept could unleash

didn't know what kind of Spell

a Mage. In

that was only

Adept had also already created a

Shang got closer, his nervousness

Mages weren't known for being

to create two custom Spells, which means that he will probably use one of

of Lightning Adepts, and he knew

became even brighter with a

Shang only

later, the flash had passed, and the Mana