Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang's Spirit Sense returned, and he slowly sat back up again.

His body wasn't injured in any way, but the same thing couldn't be said for Sword.

Right now, Sword lay beside Shang.

It was only as big as a dagger.

Shang slowly took a deep breath as reality set in.

"I died," he said.

At that moment, the jester jumped down from the Affinity wheel and walked over to Shang while slowly applauding.

"Not bad, not bad," the jester said with a wide grin. "Honestly, when you reached the True Path Stage, I didn't expect you to become so powerful in the Fusion Realm. I expected that you would just comprehend your four Imposes and then breakthrough."

"But no, you actually went a step further."

"And, sure enough, your work wasn't for nothing," the jester said as he stopped in front of Shang.

Shang slowly stood up and fed Sword more ore. By now, Shang's storage of ores was running low.

Even worse, Shang was missing Entropy Ore.

Sword had just consumed its last piece of Entropy Ore, which meant it could only use its ability three more times.

He just hoped that all of this had been worth it.

"14 points in the beast category, but Dusk alone wasn't enough to kill the powerful Peak Archbeast."

"Eleven points in the Mage category, but the powerful Late Archmage managed to outlast you."

"25 points in total. You are nearly invincible in front of every beast in your Realm, and only Peak Archmages and a select few Late Archmages are a danger to you."

"Honestly, in terms of Battle-Strength for Archmages, you are probably in the top 10, which is quite impressive," the jester said with a smirk.

Shang didn't answer, but his head turned to the side.

Top 10 for his Realm.

This was obviously beyond impressive, but when compared to some other numbers, it wasn't as impressive as one might think.

There were ten Archmages that were as powerful as him in the world.

There might also be ten Ancestral Mages that were this powerful.

There were about a hundred Mage Kings in the world.

longevity of these Mage Kings

how long could a Mage

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

years, and since there are a hundred of them, it meant that around one new Mage King would be born every thousand

how long an Archmage could

meant that only one of the top ten could theoretically become a Mage

a single one of them would

was to become a

Shang was

that normal Archmages

a hard time

be enough to become

of this hard work and sacrifice just for a shot

World Connection before even reaching

that there were nine Archmages that managed to comprehend a level three Concept

Stage had only known one or two

Mages

least nine High Mages back then that

of them actually had a shot at becoming a Mage

Shang heard that he had reached the top

He only felt pressured.

already sacrificed so much, and he had already committed his entire life to nothing but his power, but there were still others

The competition was tough.

a slight chuckle. "You reached the top 10, but you are even more

you haven't sacrificed enough?" the jester asked with a

Shang didn't answer.

the obvious

Shang didn't answer.

for you," the jester said as he leaned on his toy hammer. "The biggest reason

fact that you're

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

and he only seemed to

the jester said. "That's the title of the strongest Mage per Realm

tournament. Every Empire sends its strongest Mage Lord. Of course, the Judgment Palace gets to send two since they also have

easily strong enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due to the

a thousand Mage Kings. Sadly, there just isn't that much Mana left, which means that becoming a Mage King is only afforded to

jester chuckled again. "And no

you are a

the

not

are at least two Archmages that will 100% beat you in a fight while at the same level