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.

Shang could feel a bit of the outside world when he was in his inner world, which meant that he wasn't completely cut off anymore, but

Sense contacted Shang, Shang felt it, and he left his

in front of Shang, and he held a

a smile as he threw the sack

it and inspected it with his

earned a lot of money, his insides still shook when he saw

Grade Seven Mana Crystals.

Grade Seven Mana

from Rowan," Lucin said. "He was one of the stronger Clouds, but I think

but Shang knew what Lucin

His fivefold Spirit Sense.

was strong, but someone with a fivefold Spirit

still several abilities Shang

used

hadn't used

He hadn't used Silence.

used his Domain of Entropy for a

power was still quite a bit higher than what the Clouds had seen, and Lucin knew

someone with a fivefold Spirit Sense had to be more powerful than

going to spend it all on Furnace

Shang only nodded.

sighed. "I would tell you to stop torturing yourself, but maybe that is

didn't answer Lucin and left

waited for a couple of seconds and started

later, his Communication Crystal rang

for five Grade

Buyer: Cloud Shang.

and

nodded as he received Lucin's

about a month to be made," Fleros said as he handed over 100 Furnace

them, nodded,

Fleros took out his Communication Crystal and sent

time, a sheet of paper appeared on a desk in an office inside

paper began to float, and

of the Contender Department and looked

was a request for 2,000

shook his

use that many Furnace

the piece of paper and showed

The paper vanished.

piece of paper shot out of a shining