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

could

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

since there are a hundred of them, it meant that around one new Mage King

long

meant that only one of the top ten could theoretically become

single one of them would become a Mage

Shang's goal was

was unfathomably

so powerful that normal Archmages couldn't

would have a hard time grasping

be

this hard work and sacrifice just for a shot at

had comprehended World Connection before even reaching

nine other Archmages as powerful as him, it meant that there were nine Archmages that managed to comprehend a level three Concept before

Stage had only known one

powerful High Mages had been

at least nine High Mages back

one of them actually had a

had reached the top ten,

He only felt pressured.

life to nothing but his power, but there were still others

The competition was tough.

you a sad lad?" the jester commented with a slight chuckle. "You reached

you think you aren't powerful enough because you

Shang didn't answer.

you unwilling to accept the obvious answer?" the jester

Shang didn't answer.

his toy hammer. "The biggest reason why you are not number one is not your

the fact that you're

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

didn't answer, and he only seemed

strongest Mage per

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

enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due to the lack of Mana in the world, there just

probably have a hundred Mage Emperors and over a thousand Mage Kings. Sadly, there just isn't that much Mana left, which means that becoming a Mage King is

again. "And no

are

point, the jester's

you're not

beat you in a fight while at