Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang took a deep breath as his nerves and body relaxed.

"That was way too difficult," Shang said.

"But you won," Sword answered.

"Yes, I won," Shang said.

Shang glanced at his left arm and saw that it was slowly regenerating.

"A Focus truly is terrifying," Shang said.

"And even more, he was only an Initial Adept."

Silence.

"I fought thousands of Early Adepts already, but this guy's skills and experience were far beyond every single one I've fought."

"If he had been an Early Adept…"

Shang imagined how the fight would go.

There was a high likelihood that Shang wouldn't even have hit his opponent once.

His opponent would have been far faster in casting Spells, and he would have already had two spells prepared by the time Shang would have reached him for the first time.

With the increased power and speed of the Spells, Shang could have very well died on the first barrage.

This wouldn't even be a fight.

It would just be a Mage swatting a fly away.

"We have to increase our power," Sword said.

Shang nodded.

Sure, Shang managed to overcome the gap between the Mages and the warriors this time, but the advantages of the Mages would only keep increasing as their level of power increased.

Right now, Shang could beat a very talented and powerful Adept on his level, but that didn't mean that it would remain so.

Shang had to work even harder and become even more powerful if he wanted to keep his current Battle-Strength.

This time, the wheel took longer to return.

'I guess I got some time to rest because of my arm,' Shang thought as he looked at his fully healed left arm.

Right now, Shang was at his normal peak. He didn't have an excessive amount of life energy stored, but his Mana was full.

Eventually, the wheel returned.

"Level four: Weak Early Adept."

'This should be manageable,' Shang thought as he looked at the spinning wheel.

Some seconds later, the wheel stopped.

Shang narrowed his eyes.

What Affinity did it land on?

Shang didn't know!

at one of the spots that were so

Shang's guess, the chances of that

Affinity!' Shang

no idea how this will

burst of light, Shang's

was a young

doesn't have a

robes were also grey, but they weren't

hand, she carried a scepter with a colorless gem on top

reason, Shang found

then, it hit

'That's a Sparren!'

that mean that

hammer

Shang's opponent opened her

Shang immediately exploded forward.

she saw Shang's eyes,

with an intense killing intent,

didn't want

was horrible

her scepter and started

words were completely unfamiliar to Shang. This was a Spell

later, she

the distance between Shang and his

immediately confirmed his

'A Space Affinity!'

'That actually exists?!'

hadn't thought that it was possible for someone to

would that even

have

hadn't even heard of a beast with a

meters of distance had been created between Shang and his

Shang only continued running.

quickly cast another Spell, but in a

space behind

she released

just an instant, the Adept

as Shang exited the first area of manipulated space, both areas returned

continued running at his full

gained enough distance and time to think of

and her

began to cast several

see which Spells she was casting from

could finally make out which

Mana Push.

Eventually, Shang reached her.

her scepter to the sky

her scepter, and

it as it hit the

CRRRK!

the angle, Shang was pushed to

Adept quickly finished

scepter again

time, Shang couldn't

BANG!

Push threw Shang to the ground,

she finished her third Spell