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.

outside world when he was in his inner world, which meant that he wasn't completely cut off anymore, but that ability only

Spirit Sense contacted Shang, Shang felt it,

in front of Shang, and he held

a smile

of it and inspected it

expected that he had earned a lot of money, his insides still shook

Grade Seven Mana Crystals.

Grade Seven Mana

"He was one of the stronger Clouds, but I

it, but Shang knew what

His fivefold Spirit Sense.

but someone with a fivefold Spirit Sense was still on a

were still several abilities Shang hadn't used in

used

hadn't used his own

He hadn't used Silence.

his Domain

bit higher than what the Clouds had

that someone with a fivefold Spirit Sense had to be more powerful than just what Shang

going to spend it all on Furnace Pills again?" Lucin asked with a concerned raised

Shang only nodded.

yourself, but maybe that is exactly what allowed you to

answer Lucin and

of seconds and started

Communication Crystal rang with a request for handing

Furnace Pills for five Grade Seven Mana

Buyer: Cloud Shang.

sighed and

kilometers away, Fleros nodded

have 100 for now. The other 1,900 will take about a month to be made," Fleros said as he handed over 100 Furnace

took them, nodded,

Shang left, Fleros took out his Communication Crystal and sent out

same time, a sheet of paper appeared on a desk in an

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

secret sigil of the Contender Department and looked

was a request for

Mage Lord only shook his head

would anyone use that

piece of paper and showed it to the embedded Communication Crystal on his

The paper vanished.

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