Sword God in a World of Magic

It was a Mage!

A beast!

A Mage!

"You're a Mage?" Shang asked.

"Can beasts not be Mages?" the Thunder King asked calmly.

"Can beasts below the Beast Lord Realm not be Mages?" Shang countered.

The Thunder King threw an emotionless glance at Shang.

If Shang hadn't come here under the Lightning Emperor's orders, the Thunder King would have killed Shang for his answer.

So, he did the next best thing.

He refused to answer any questions.

"Go into the barrier. I will send opponents to you. You are not allowed to kill anyone," the Thunder King said curtly.

Shang realized that he had annoyed the Thunder King, but he also didn't care a lot.

His question had already been answered.

Naturally, beasts below the Beast Lord Realm didn't have human intelligence. Sure, there were some beasts that acted like Mages, like Proto-Mages and the Serpents, but they were not Mages.

Proto-Mages weren't experienced or intelligent enough to create really advanced Spells, and Serpents simply followed their instincts.

But a Beast Lord was about as intelligent as a human.

So, why wouldn't a Beast Lord be able to learn Magic at that point?

Maybe the Thunder King had once asked one of the humans about Magic.

Shang could imagine a researcher, like the Myriad King, becoming very interested in a beast that wanted to learn Magic.

"Don't send anything below the Late Beast Lord Realm," Shang said.

The Thunder King didn't answer.

of them try to land cheap

King didn't show any

Shang entered the Isolation Barrier and

King had created the Isolation Barrier, it could still see

only reason why it had created the Isolation Barrier was to stop any potentially spying

the Isolation Barrier, Shang waited until his first opponent arrived a couple

long horn, its majestic mane crackling with

of the Thunder Horse when he saw this

Horse couldn't compare to this

this one was a

King didn't answer, it had obviously

later, the lightning around the horse's mane intensified and gathered

way of politely telling Shang that

BANG!

lightning exploded

time, the Mana in the

in front of Shang, and the lightning the horse had

vanished, and the horse saw its lightning being absorbed by a

a long and somewhat broad sword in

150cm long and about 50% wider than his

like his original long sword, just a

years, Shang had decided on this form for his

allowing Shang to effectively use

and wide enough to also have a

were still quite some issues

from view, and it wasn't

Shang

training in something

created the blueprint for this weapon, he had first worked on

had worked on controlling his

Mages had learned in the High Mage or Archmage Realm, but something Shang hadn't touched

picked it up

permanently include the usage

heavy. It would be

bit of Darkness Mana with an abnormal extreme of void, Shang could reduce the density and weight of the

Darkness Mana was constantly included in the sword to make

the naturally stored Mana into Light Mana with an extreme of mass. This would result in 5% of a