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.

longevity of these Mage

how long could

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

hundred thousand years, and since there are a hundred of them,

was exactly how long

of the top ten could theoretically

one of them would become a

Shang's goal was to become a

was

that normal Archmages couldn't

hard time grasping how powerful Shang was for his

be enough to become a Mage

work and sacrifice just for a shot at maybe

before even reaching

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

Path Stage had only known one or

High Mages had been true

Mages back then

of them actually had a shot at becoming

that he had reached the top ten, he

He only felt pressured.

committed his entire life to nothing but his power, but there were still others on

The competition was tough.

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

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

Shang didn't answer.

to accept the

Shang didn't answer.

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

the fact that you're

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

didn't answer, and he only seemed

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

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

position of Mage 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

would 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 only afforded to the most powerful Mage Lord in the

no one

now, you are a

point, the jester's smirk

you're not the

you