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, Shang couldn't

Focus was exactly one of these many

procedure only closed the gap that the Mana Sources created, but Mages

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

Mana, the Focus could also cast

that was already terrifying

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

forward, the Adept activated

Spell that

Mages, Shang became familiar with nearly every Spell, but he hadn't heard of this

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

from the

an instant, Shang was

powerful High

that his opponent

of his Mana Shield, which

using the force of lightning to float about half a meter away

ton of Mana,' Shang

his opponent and

BZZ!

the Adept's Mana Shield and hit

he felt some

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

entire body and

And his opponent?

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

of that, Shang's

he used that Spell,' Shang thought with narrowed eyes. 'His Spell repels all forms

a ball floating on a pool of soapy water, the Mana Shield glided away from Shang and into the

charged

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

so that I can't

at the bright ball,

first Spell now, and the Adept could unleash it

Shang didn't know what kind of Spell

several, like a Mage. In comparison to a Mage, a Focus didn't have the

was only

very possible that the Adept had also already created a

closer, his

Lightning Mages

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

fought his fair share of Lightning Adepts, and

the Mana Shield became even

Shang only

the flash had passed, and the Mana Shield returned to