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!

his opponent having a

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

the gap that the Mana

cast a Spell, but that wasn't

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

that was

Spell every two seconds or so, and they didn't even need to spare

Adept activated his Focus

began casting a Spell that

nearly every Spell, but he hadn't heard

a self-created Spell,' Shang thought. 'Sure enough,

reached a distance of twenty meters from the Adept, the

an instant, Shang

most powerful

then, Shang noticed that

out of his Mana Shield, which connected

of lightning to float about half a meter away from the

ton of Mana,' Shang

reached his opponent and

BZZ!

of the Adept's

and he felt some searing

Affinity ore, it would have absorbed the Lightning Mana. However, since it wasn't,

went through Shang's entire body and entered the

And his opponent?

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

that, Shang's strike

with narrowed eyes. 'His Spell repels all forms of matter, which makes it a counter to

pool of soapy water, the Mana Shield glided

quickly charged after his

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

hiding his Focus so that

bright ball, his

have finished creating its first Spell now,

Shang didn't know what kind of Spell

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

was only

Adept had

got closer, his nervousness

of Lightning Mages weren't

custom Spells, which means that he will probably use one of the standard Lightning Spells

his fair share of Lightning Adepts, and he knew all

the Mana Shield became even

Shang only continued

later, the flash had passed, and the Mana Shield