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 full speed. With his opponent having

these many advantages that the Mages had

the gap that the Mana Sources created, but Mages also had other

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

Focus could also cast Spells on

was already terrifying

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

activated his

a Spell that didn't sound familiar

Mages, Shang became familiar with nearly every

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

a distance of twenty meters from the Adept, the Adept suddenly began to float in the

an instant, Shang

most powerful High Mages

noticed that his

his Mana Shield, which connected it

was using the force of lightning to

cost a ton of

his opponent and slashed forward

BZZ!

out of the Adept's Mana

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

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

through Shang's entire body

And his opponent?

the lightning

of that, Shang's

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

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

quickly charged after

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

so that I can't

charging at the bright ball, his

its first Spell now, and the Adept could unleash it whenever he

didn't know what kind of Spell the Focus had

Focus could only store one Spell, and not several, like a Mage. In comparison to a Mage, a Focus didn't have

was only

possible that the Adept had also already

closer,

Lightning Mages weren't known for

that he has had the time to create two custom Spells, which means

fair share of Lightning

Mana Shield became even brighter with

only

instant later, the flash had passed, and