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

exactly one of these many advantages

Mana Sources created, but Mages also

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

any Mana, the Focus could also cast Spells on its

was already terrifying

that having a Focus gave a Mage a free Spell every two seconds or so, and they

forward, the Adept activated his Focus and created his

Spell that didn't sound familiar

familiar with nearly every

probably a self-created Spell,' Shang thought. 'Sure enough, this is a very powerful and talented

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

an instant, Shang

the most powerful

noticed that his opponent wasn't actually

bolts of lightning were coming out of his Mana Shield, which connected it

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

must cost a ton of

and slashed forward with his

BZZ!

the Adept's Mana

up, and he

Lightning Affinity ore, it would have absorbed the

through Shang's entire body and entered

And his opponent?

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

that, Shang's

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

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

charged

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

that I

charging at the bright ball, his mind taut

should have finished creating its first Spell now, and the

Shang didn't know what kind of Spell the

several, like a Mage. In comparison to

that was

Adept had also already

Shang got closer, his

Mages weren't known for being

think that he has had the time to create two custom Spells, which means that he will probably use one

Lightning Adepts, and he knew

Mana Shield became even brighter

only continued

instant later, the flash had passed, and