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.

the longevity of these Mage Kings was

could a

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

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

how long

of the top ten could theoretically become

not a single one of them would

Shang's goal was

was unfathomably

was so powerful that normal Archmages couldn't even comprehend

would have a hard time grasping how powerful Shang was for

not be enough

hard work and sacrifice just for a shot at maybe becoming

comprehended World Connection before even

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

known one or two level two Concepts. The

those powerful High Mages had been true

nine High Mages back then that had comprehended a level three

a single one of them actually had a shot at

he had reached the top

He only felt pressured.

much, and he had already committed his entire life to nothing but his power,

The competition was tough.

you a sad lad?" the jester commented with a slight chuckle. "You reached the top 10, but you are even more demotivated

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

Shang didn't answer.

accept the obvious

Shang didn't answer.

for you," the jester said as he leaned on his toy

also isn't the fact

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

seemed to look

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

Lord.

them are easily strong enough to become Mage Kings

just isn't that much Mana left, which means that becoming a Mage King is only afforded to the most

chuckled again. "And no one can

are a

point, the jester's

you're not the

least two Archmages that will 100% beat you in a fight while at