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!

exploded forward with his full speed. With his opponent having a

was exactly one of these many advantages that the

that the Mana Sources

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

Mana, the Focus could also cast Spells on its own, albeit with only 50%

that was already

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

activated his

casting a Spell that didn't sound familiar

Shang became familiar with nearly every Spell,

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

of twenty meters from the Adept,

instant, Shang

most powerful High Mages could

that his opponent wasn't

lightning were coming out of his Mana

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

ton of Mana,' Shang

reached his opponent and slashed forward with his

BZZ!

came out of the Adept's Mana Shield

up, and he felt

made with Lightning Affinity ore, it would have absorbed the Lightning Mana.

Shang's entire body

And his opponent?

the lightning hit Shang's sword, the Mana

of that, Shang's

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

of soapy water, the Mana Shield glided away from

quickly charged after his

the surface of the Mana

his Focus so that I can't

the bright ball, his

Focus should have finished creating its first Spell now, and

Shang didn't know what kind of Spell

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

was

the Adept had also already

Shang got closer, his nervousness

of Lightning Mages weren't

custom Spells, which means that he will probably use one of the standard Lightning Spells

Lightning Adepts, and he knew all the basic

Mana Shield became even

only continued

had passed, and the Mana