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.

have ten points now, right?" Shang

"Correct," the jester answered.

took a deep

win against an average Late Commander

"Knowing your own power

"You will lose."

Shang nodded.

what he had

didn't want to experience, and he also didn't

probably so much stronger that Shang wouldn't even be able to learn

probably just get

for the

"Alright," the jester said.

looked at the wheel below

know what

also looked

a couple of seconds, it stopped on a green bird with a spear

"Spear Stork," Shang said.

that beast

would have lost," the jester

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

would die

beasts left as two other wheels appeared, one for Affinities

on

of starting the wheels, the jester only

with a chuckle. "In the next trial, I'm going

fight simulated future warriors is no longer accurate since your arrival changed the world of warriors faster than I

same warriors but

the jester.

yet," the jester said. "I might remove the warrior category altogether and lower the thresholds for rewards or make you fight the ancient variants of the warriors. I

apply my power. In a way, it allows me to peer into the past, at the time when warriors were equal to

jester continued. "You will be fighting normal, average warriors. Enjoy it while

then, the wheels

look at the

what

a warrior at

Mid Commander

Commander Stage warrior

No.

Commander Stage warrior be able

It would be a tough

I forgot," the

Weak Initial Commander Stage

we go," the jester added with