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!

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

Focus was exactly one of these many advantages that the Mages

closed the gap that the Mana Sources created, but Mages

could use the Mana in the environment to cast a Spell, but

cast Spells on its own, albeit with

was already

a free Spell every two seconds or so, and they didn't even need

the Adept activated his Focus and created his Mana

began casting a Spell that didn't sound familiar to

Mages, Shang became familiar with nearly every Spell, but

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

a distance of twenty meters from the Adept, the Adept suddenly began

instant, Shang was

the most powerful High

then, Shang noticed that

of lightning were coming out of his Mana Shield,

lightning to float about half a meter away from

ton

reached his opponent and

BZZ!

lightning came out of the Adept's Mana Shield

cramp up, and he felt some

had been made with Lightning Affinity ore, it would have absorbed the Lightning Mana. However, since

Shang's entire body and entered

And his opponent?

hovered above the ground, when the

Shang's strike

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

ball floating on a pool of soapy water, the Mana Shield glided away

quickly charged after

of the Mana

that I can't

kept charging at the bright ball, his mind

creating its first Spell now, and the Adept could unleash

worse, Shang didn't know what kind of Spell the

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

that was

Adept had

got closer, his

Mages weren't known for being

Spells, which means that

fair share of Lightning Adepts, and he knew all the basic

became even brighter with a

Shang only

the flash had passed, and the Mana Shield returned to