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.

of these Mage Kings

how long could a Mage

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

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

exactly how long

of the top ten could theoretically

a single one of them would

Shang's goal was to

was

powerful that normal Archmages

have a hard time grasping how powerful

not be enough to

hard work and sacrifice just for

had comprehended World Connection before

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

known one

Mages had been

nine High Mages

actually had a shot at

heard that he had reached the top ten, he

He only felt pressured.

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

The competition was tough.

with a slight chuckle. "You reached the top 10, but you

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

Shang didn't answer.

you unwilling to accept the obvious answer?" the

Shang didn't answer.

the jester said as he leaned on his toy hammer.

isn't the fact

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

seemed to look in a random

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

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

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 another

over a thousand Mage Kings. Sadly, there just isn't that much Mana left, which means that

no

are a

that point, the jester's smirk

not

100% beat you in a