Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang's Spirit Sense encompassed the mortal district.

It was essentially a lawless land.

Nearly no True Mages were there. There were plenty of Apprentices and a couple of Adepts, but they were only the weakest of their level.

The True Mages and High Mages would pick up the talented Apprentices and Adepts. There, they would be taught all about Magic.

Most normal people in this town only became Apprentices by blindly practicing and imitating other Apprentices. Of course, there were some people that actually sold textbooks for Apprentices, but these textbooks were expensive.

The normal people there lived in a poor state where they desperately tried to make money in any way they could.

They had nearly zero resources from outside the town, and they also couldn't easily exit the town since the mortal district was in the north and the exit was to the south.

Additionally, they were forbidden from living outside and building anything outside.

Why?

Because the powerful Mages thought it would look ugly if some dirty shacks surrounded the town.

That also meant that all the food the mortals desperately needed had to be farmed inside the town.

Sometimes, some leftovers from some beasts were thrown away by the True Mages and High Mages. Some of the braver people would venture to these places during the night and bring things back for the others.

But that was a dangerous job.

Any True Mage could kill an Apprentice or weaker if they so chose to. They just shouldn't kill too many of them at once.

The guards of the town mostly didn't care. First of all, the guards straight-up just didn't patrol in the north.

Second, they had grown used to these beggars.

to one of them, and you will find five of them

poor environment, some form of leadership would

this was the strong

the tiny farms in the mortal district, and their people defended the farms from any beggar that tried to steal some

for prostitution, gambling, and other

a gang that focused on solving conflicts. Of course, the person with

gangs were the rulers of the mortal district, and they were led by three weak True Mages, probably

it had been in

of months ago, a new gang was on the rise, and surprisingly enough, it wasn't

was led by some kind of

transformed his surroundings into his desired Mana, making it easier to unleash complex

warrior, but the mortals didn't

were also warriors in the mortal district, not

men, warriors would pop

come up with the concept of hitting someone's head

weren't cavemen. The warriors there used spears, swords, and many

times as many warriors as Apprentices

becoming a Mage was too difficult in the mortal district. Nobody had any idea how to practice Magic, and there were only very few that could afford the

severe lack of resources, everyone was basically traveling

metal for

in this town was horrible, and worst of all,

they could leave the

Adept Beast or True Beast would

Grade Six Mana Crystal necessary to

toward the next closest town, which

ways to live relatively decently were to either get accepted by a True Mage as an aspiring Mage or to

was a shit

looking towards the north while rubbing his

for the town. These

meters, huh?' Shang thought as he looked at the wall to