Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang thought about this dynamic for a bit, but he eventually focused on the trial again.

"I'm ready for the next level," Shang said as he readied his sword.

"You don't need to get ready," the jester said with a smirk.

Shang glanced at the jester.

The jester only continued smirking. "I'll give you two points for this fight since it was so difficult. I'll count this level as levels nine and ten. So, if you want to continue, you will directly enter level eleven."

"Do you want to fight an average Late Commander Stage beast?"

Shang furrowed his brows.

He knew exactly what that entailed.

Sadly, or luckily depending on the viewpoint, there was a rock-paper-scissors principle going on here.

Could an average Late Commander Stage beast win against the Ice King?

Probably not. The Ice King would surely win.

Yet, Shang had won against the Ice King.

So, wouldn't he be able to win against an average Late Commander Stage beast?

Sadly, no.

The only reason Shang won against the Ice King was due to several things unique to him.

The constant presence of the icy storm not only didn't affect Shang, but it even strengthened him.

Additionally, the Domain of Entropy was very useful against Mana-based attacks.

In a way, Shang had perfectly countered the Ice King.

Yet, he wouldn't perfectly counter his next opponent.

The body of his next opponent was so much stronger than Shang's that he probably wouldn't even be able to break through its defenses.

So, while the Ice King could kill an average Late Commander Stage beast, and while Shang could kill the Ice King, Shang couldn't kill an average Late Commander Stage beast.

In a sense, Shang was definitely weaker than the Ice King in terms of total power.

Shang knew that he had lucked out.

In fact, even a weak Late Commander Stage beast might be able to kill Shang.

It entirely depended on what kind of opponent Shang would have received.

But an average one?

No shot.

ten points now, right?"

"Correct," the jester answered.

took a

against an average Late Commander Stage beast. Do you think I have

bit. "Knowing your own

"You will lose."

Shang nodded.

what he had

he also didn't think that there was much to gain

that Shang wouldn't even be able to learn

would probably just

it for the

"Alright," the jester said.

at the wheel below

want to know what you

also looked at

stopped on a

"Spear Stork," Shang said.

that beast very

you would have lost," the

and with it being three levels above Shang, it would be so fast that Shang

die

left as two other wheels appeared, one for Affinities and one

on the wheel

starting the wheels, the jester

jester said with a chuckle. "In the next trial,

accurate since your arrival

I also don't want you to keep fighting these same warriors but stronger. You would

the jester. "So, what will you

the warrior category altogether and lower the thresholds for rewards or make you fight the ancient variants of the warriors.

way, it

continued. "You will be fighting

wheels began

didn't even look at

what they landed

to a warrior at the

had defeated an average Mid Commander Stage beast

Late Commander Stage warrior beat an average Mid Commander Stage

No.

a powerful Late Commander Stage

would be

right, I forgot,"

Stage warrior," the

jester added with a