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.

a bit of the outside world when 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 condition of

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

in front of Shang, and he held a purple sack in one

said with a smile as he

it and inspected it

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

Grade Seven Mana Crystals.

Seven

that comes from Rowan," Lucin said. "He was one of the stronger Clouds, but

didn't say it, but Shang knew what Lucin

His fivefold Spirit Sense.

was strong, but someone with a fivefold Spirit Sense was still

abilities Shang hadn't used

hadn't used

hadn't used his own

He hadn't used Silence.

his Domain of Entropy for a

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

he knew that someone with a fivefold Spirit Sense had to be more

spend it all on Furnace Pills

Shang only nodded.

tell you to stop torturing yourself, but maybe that is

Lucin and left

couple of seconds and started

his Communication Crystal rang with a request

Pills for five Grade Seven

Buyer: Cloud Shang.

and approved the

nodded as he received

1,900 will take about a month to be

them, nodded,

Fleros took out his Communication Crystal and sent out a request for

time, a sheet of paper appeared on a desk in

to float, and a middle-aged Mage Lord

the secret sigil of the Contender Department and looked at

a request

only shook

anyone use that

piece of paper and

The paper vanished.

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