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.

consume so much time

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

couldn't properly be combined in the early Realms, the Mage would only

very long time since the last of the

this didn't

of his Affinity but

was using his Affinities for everything, but one had to remember that Shang's

and defense mainly came from his body, which

a Mage's power

that were not very useful, due to his techniques and sheer physical

use any of his Affinities, his power would still be equal to a

for Mages since all their power came from the very

level four Concept to Shang, which

the time Shang had taken to comprehend a level four Concept

she knew that Shang wasn't a Mage, which meant that

have access to a Beast King that was willing to demonstrate

place, they probably would have comprehended the Concept in about

comprehending Concepts than an average

the Hadean King

to be your bodyguard

know," Shang answered

anything specific you want me to do?"

"No," Shang answered.

Linay could only sigh.

was itching to do anything

a while and earn easy money just by standing in place, but after

to do something that

the portal, Shang's

surprised by

was the Starlight

"Yes?" Shang said.

Sword, the Ancestral Hero, correct?"

"Correct," Shang said.

Custodian has informed me about your situation and the true extent of your powers. He said that you are interested in me becoming your

"Correct," Shang answered.

with the southeastern front, the Research Department, and the Reconnaissance Department. I really don't have any time right now,

"I've heard," Shang said.

in mind that I need to focus on many different things, and I can't just dedicate my entire time to you.

Shang's Aura darkened.

do you want?"

feel the Starlight Queen's Aura change after he asked

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

lot for the Lightning Manor deserve to

the problem you have with me addressing you, but I don't see how my conduct towards other