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 take this battle lightly

many advantages that the Mages had over

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

use the Mana in the environment to cast a Spell,

Mana, the Focus could also cast Spells on its own, albeit with

that was already

this meant that having a Focus gave a Mage a free Spell every two seconds or so, and they didn't even need

the Adept activated his Focus

he began casting a Spell that didn't sound

so many Mages, Shang became familiar with nearly every Spell, but he hadn't heard

Spell,' Shang thought. 'Sure enough, this is a very powerful and

the

instant, Shang

powerful High Mages could

that his opponent

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

was using the force of lightning to float about

a ton of Mana,'

reached his opponent and slashed forward with his

BZZ!

lightning came out of the Adept's Mana

his muscles cramp up, and he felt some

have

Shang's entire body and entered the

And his opponent?

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

that, Shang's strike

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

water, the Mana Shield

quickly charged after his

on the surface of the Mana Shield

his Focus so that I can't anticipate

kept charging at the bright ball, his mind

creating its first Spell now, and the Adept could unleash it

kind

not several, like a Mage. In

that was only a

that the Adept

Shang got closer,

Spells of Lightning Mages weren't known for being

create two custom Spells, which means

his fair share of Lightning Adepts, and he knew

the Mana Shield became even brighter with a

only continued

instant later, the flash had passed, and the