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.

these

long could a Mage King

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

hundred of them, it meant that around one new Mage King would be born

was exactly how long an Archmage could

only one of the top ten could theoretically become a Mage

single one of them would become a

Shang's goal was

Shang was unfathomably

that normal Archmages couldn't even

time grasping

might not be enough to become a Mage

hard work and sacrifice just for a shot at maybe becoming a

Connection before even reaching the Fusion

Archmages as powerful as him, it meant that there were nine Archmages

Stage had only known one or two level two Concepts. The

Mages

nine High Mages back then

only a single one of them actually had a shot

had reached the top ten, he hadn't

He only felt pressured.

sacrificed so much, and he had already committed his entire life

The competition was tough.

jester commented with a slight chuckle. "You reached the

you think you aren't powerful enough because you haven't sacrificed enough?" the jester asked

Shang didn't answer.

the

Shang didn't answer.

for you," the jester said as he leaned on his toy hammer. "The biggest reason why you are not number one is

also isn't the fact that

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

seemed to look in a

the strongest Mage per Realm per Empire, starting at the High

Empire sends its strongest Mage Lord. Of course, the

position of Mage King. All ten of them are easily strong enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due to the lack of Mana in the world, there just isn't enough Mana to support

Mage Kings. Sadly, there just isn't that much

jester chuckled again. "And no one

now, you are

that point, the jester's

you're not

100% beat you in a