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 Mage Kings was probably

could a Mage

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

there are a hundred of

long an Archmage

ten could theoretically become a Mage King

of them would

Shang's goal was to become a

Shang was

so powerful that normal

time grasping how powerful Shang was for

that might not be enough

sacrifice just for a shot

comprehended World Connection before even reaching the

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

Path Stage had only known one or

Mages had

at least nine High Mages back then that had comprehended a

a single one of them actually had a shot at becoming

had reached the top ten, he

He only felt pressured.

committed his entire life to nothing

The competition was tough.

the jester commented with a slight chuckle. "You reached the top 10, but you are even

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

Shang didn't answer.

unwilling to accept the

Shang didn't answer.

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

fact that you're not a

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

only seemed to look in a random

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

Empire sends its strongest Mage Lord. Of

ten strongest Mage Lords of the world fight for 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

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

no

now, you are

point, the jester's smirk

you're not the

beat you in a fight while at the same