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

many advantages

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

Focus could use the Mana in the environment to cast a

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

was already

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

Adept activated his Focus and

began casting a Spell

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

'Sure enough, this is a very powerful and

from the Adept, the

an instant,

the most powerful High Mages could

noticed that

lightning were coming out of his Mana

using the force of lightning to float about half

cost a ton

and

BZZ!

out of the Adept's Mana Shield and hit

he felt some searing pain shoot throughout his

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

Shang's entire body and entered the

And his opponent?

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

Shang's

that's why he used that Spell,' Shang thought with narrowed eyes. 'His Spell repels

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

charged after

the Mana

that I can't anticipate

bright ball, his mind

Spell now, and

Shang didn't know what kind

Mage. In comparison to a Mage, a Focus didn't have the advantage of a Mana Source

that was only a

the Adept had also already created

got closer,

Spells of Lightning Mages weren't

don't think that he has had the time to create two custom Spells, which means that he will probably use one of

share of Lightning Adepts, and he knew all

the Mana Shield became even brighter with a

Shang only continued

instant later, the flash had passed, and the Mana Shield returned