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.

was in his inner world, which meant that he wasn't completely cut

Lucin's Spirit Sense contacted Shang, Shang felt it, and

Shang, and he held a purple sack

Lucin said with a smile as he threw the sack

of it and inspected it with

had expected that he had earned a lot of

Grade Seven Mana Crystals.

Grade Seven

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

say it, but Shang knew

His fivefold Spirit Sense.

strong, but someone with a fivefold Spirit

abilities Shang hadn't used in his

used

hadn't used

He hadn't used Silence.

his Domain of

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

someone with a fivefold Spirit Sense had to be more powerful

Furnace Pills

Shang only nodded.

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

didn't answer Lucin

of seconds and started to

Communication Crystal rang with a request for handing

Furnace Pills for five Grade Seven

Buyer: Cloud Shang.

and approved

Fleros nodded as he received

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

took them,

Communication Crystal and sent out a

appeared on

float, and a middle-aged Mage

saw the secret sigil of the Contender

was a request for

only shook his head in

use

sigil on the piece of paper and

The paper vanished.

out of a shining circle in a place that looked a bit