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.

since it would consume so much time

Concepts for all four Elements, and after comprehending four different Concepts, their

the Mage would only be able to exhibit the power of one level one Concept at a

for a very long time since the last of the four required Concepts would be a level

all of this didn't

because of his Affinity but because he

had to remember that Shang's power always came from

and defense mainly came from his body, which

Mage's power

that were not very useful, due to his techniques and sheer physical strength, his Battle-Strength would still be very

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

Mages since all their power came from the very Concepts

likely as difficult as a level four Concept to Shang, which

Linay, the time Shang had taken to comprehend

a Mage,

to a Beast King

had access to this place, they probably

still slower in comprehending Concepts

two of them left the Hadean King behind

to be your bodyguard

Shang answered

there anything specific you want

"No," Shang answered.

Linay could only sigh.

was itching to do

a while and earn easy money just by standing in place, but after over 500

just wanted to do something that wasn't standing

portal, Shang's

quite surprised by the Aura of the

was the Starlight

"Yes?" Shang said.

Sword, the Ancestral Hero, correct?" she

"Correct," Shang said.

your situation and the true extent of your powers. He

"Correct," Shang answered.

the Reconnaissance Department. I really don't have

"I've heard," Shang said.

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 which I help you is

Shang's Aura darkened.

do you want?"

also feel the Starlight Queen's

method of addressing the other Mage Kings and I has to change," she said with a cold

that have done a lot for the Lightning

don't see how my conduct towards other Mage Kings has