Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang spent the next two days digesting the new experiences and information he had received by fighting Erel and Cindy.

Shang had fought a lot of powerful Mages with the Affinity Wheel in his inner world, but not even a single one had been comparable to Erel and Cindy.

The two of them had been on completely different levels.

By now, Shang could also tell how powerful the "powerful" Mages of the Affinity Wheel were.

A Mage deemed to be powerful was someone that could jump one level, which meant they had a 50/50 shot at winning against an average Mage one level above them.

How strong was that for an Empire?

It was strong enough to become a Spark.

It was not enough to become a Boltling.

As Shang thought about everything that had happened, his Spirit Sense threw a glance at the stone stele in the middle of his inner world.

He looked at Jerald's hand.

Jerald had been so powerful back then, but he would have only had a shot at becoming a Spark, and only if he became an Ancestral Mage and kept his Battle-Strength.

As for every other normal Mage in Area 23?

They wouldn't have been good enough to even become Sparks.

'I need to be more careful of these Clouds,' Shang thought. 'I expected Cindy to be an easy fight, but it wasn't easy at all. If I didn't use any of my abilities related to Entropy, I most likely wouldn't have won.'

'There are bound to be more powerful ones among them.'

Cindy had used two things that Shang hadn't expected to see.

She had transformed Fire and Ice Mana into Wind Mana, and she had manipulated the properties of Fire and Ice Mana.

Shang's fight against Cindy hadn't been a truly desperate one, but it had been a bit dangerous at times.

However, even such fights could help someone comprehend new things.

This was why so many Mages sought inspiration when they were stuck.

Two days later, Lucin arrived in front of Shang.

Right now, Shang was sitting in a random cave. It didn't really matter where he was since he was mostly focusing on his inner world.

he was in his inner world, which meant that he wasn't completely cut off anymore, but that ability only extended to roughly feeling the

Shang felt it, and

front of Shang, and he held

Lucin said with a smile as he threw

took hold of it and inspected it with

earned a lot

Grade Seven Mana Crystals.

Seven

of the stronger Clouds, but I

didn't say it, but Shang knew what Lucin

His fivefold Spirit Sense.

a fivefold Spirit Sense was still on a different

still several abilities Shang hadn't used in

used

used

He hadn't used Silence.

used his Domain of Entropy for a short

a bit higher than what the Clouds had seen,

knew that someone with a fivefold

all on Furnace Pills again?" Lucin asked with a concerned

Shang only nodded.

you to stop torturing yourself, but maybe that is exactly what allowed you to

answer Lucin and

couple of

moment later, his Communication Crystal rang with a request for handing

Pills for five

Buyer: Cloud Shang.

and approved

away, Fleros nodded

take about a month to be made," Fleros said as he handed over

took them,

his Communication Crystal and sent out a

a sheet of paper appeared on a

paper began to float, and a middle-aged Mage Lord looked at

sigil of the Contender Department and looked at the

was a request for 2,000

Mage Lord only shook

would anyone use that many

of paper and showed it to the embedded Communication Crystal on

The paper vanished.

a piece of paper shot out of a shining circle in a place that looked a