Sword God in a World of Magic

Eventually, Shang returned to the real world.

Linay quickly noticed that Shang's dormant Spirit Sense was finally moving again after over 500 years, and she released a sigh of relief.

Was he finally done?

"How much time has passed?" Shang asked.

"A bit more than 500 years," she answered.

'That means I'm about 2,900 years old, leaving me with only 2,100 years," Shang thought.

"What about the ore?" Shang asked.

"Everything has been gathered," Linay answered. "Due to the value, I thought it would be better not to let it get delivered to this place. Everything's waiting in the Lightning Manor."

Shang nodded. "Then, let's return."

"You've comprehended the Concept of Temperatures?" Linay asked.

"Yes," Shang answered.

Linay just nodded.

She knew that a couple of Concepts became more difficult based on their connections, and the Concept of Temperatures was one of them.

A couple of people wanted to combine several Elements, but the combining of Concepts always became more and more difficult to comprehend.

Most people focused on only one Element since they also only had one Affinity, but there were also some people that focused on two. Nearly every Cloud trained in at least two Elements.

However, there were also a few people that focused on three Elements.

A good example would be Space, Time, and Gravity.

To combine them, one needed three Concepts. Spacetime, Timegravity, and Gravityspace.

With these Concepts, the power of all three increased by a bit.

Naturally, these Concepts weren't the priority since the small increase in power often wasn't worth the effort. People often only focused on these mixed Concepts when they were already Ancestral Mages or Mage Lords.

There was also a popular mix of Water, Ice, and Wind, which needed the Concepts of States, Snow, and Steam.

Naturally, all four of Shang's Concepts were known. People knew about Temperatures, Twilight, Addition, and Subtraction, but people never focused on all four of them.

The reason was their longevity.

Focusing on three Elements meant equally increasing their power so that none of the three fell behind the other two.

This took a lot of effort for only a small increase in Battle-Strength relative to others.

And four Elements?

Nah.

Forget it.

Too much work.

even attempt it since it would consume so much time to strengthen all four

need to focus for many years to comprehend level one Concepts for all four Elements, and after comprehending four different Concepts, their opponents would

Mage would only be able to exhibit the power of one

weak for a very long time since the last of the

all of this didn't apply

of his Affinity but because he

one had

defense mainly came from his body, which were

a Mage's

comprehend a lot of weak Concepts that were not very useful, due to his techniques and sheer

to remember that if Shang didn't use any of his Affinities, his power

all their power

of Temperatures was most likely as difficult as a level four Concept to Shang, which was why she wasn't surprised

to comprehend a

knew that Shang wasn't a Mage, which meant that he should be

Beast King that was willing

had access to this place, they probably would have comprehended the Concept in

was still slower in comprehending

two of them left the Hadean King behind and traveled back

be your bodyguard for one

know," Shang answered

want me

"No," Shang answered.

Linay could only sigh.

to do anything

relax once in a while and earn easy money just by

wanted to do something that wasn't standing

the portal, Shang's

by the

the

"Yes?" Shang said.

are Shang Sword, the Ancestral Hero, correct?" she

"Correct," Shang said.

extent of your powers. He said that you are interested in me becoming your teacher, correct?" she

"Correct," Shang answered.

really don't have any time right now, but I think things will calm down when we get our

"I've heard," Shang said.

find some time for you. However, you have to keep in mind that I need to focus on many different things, and I can't just dedicate my entire time to you. Additionally, the extent to

Shang's Aura darkened.

you want?" Shang

the Starlight Queen's

you, your method of addressing the other Mage Kings and I

and people that have done a lot for the

the problem you have with me addressing you, but I don't see how my conduct towards other Mage Kings has anything to do with you,"