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 probably

how long could

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 an Archmage could

one of the top ten could theoretically become

not a single one of them would become a Mage

goal was to become

Shang was unfathomably

that normal

time grasping how powerful Shang

might not be enough to

for a shot

Connection before even

him, it meant that there were nine Archmages that

known one or two level two Concepts.

Mages had been true

nine High Mages back then that had comprehended a

of them actually had a shot at becoming a Mage

had reached

He only felt pressured.

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

The competition was tough.

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

you haven't sacrificed enough?" the

Shang didn't answer.

to accept the obvious answer?" the jester

Shang didn't answer.

he leaned on his toy hammer. "The biggest

fact that you're not a

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

and he only seemed to look in a

jester said. "That's the title of the strongest Mage per Realm per Empire, starting at the

sends its strongest Mage Lord. Of course, the Judgment Palace gets to send

Mage King. All ten of them are easily strong enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due

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

jester chuckled again. "And no one can

now, you are a King

the jester's

not

least two Archmages that will 100% beat you