The cheering returned, and Shang refilled his life energy with the shrimp's corpse.
Then, the wheel returned.
"Wait a second," Shang said.
The wheel stopped descending and just paused.
"Yes?" the jester asked.
"If my armor breaks and becomes useless, will it be repaired?" Shang asked.
"Depends on if you lose or win," the jester answered. "If you win, no, your armor is the price you've paid to win. If you lose, it will be repaired."
Shang nodded. His armor was extremely important. Without it, he would have died to the Serpent, and he was sure that it would also save him in the Mage category.
"Then, I won't fight," he said.
"Smart move," the jester said.
There were three possible ways the next fight could have gone.
First, Shang died, and his armor broke.
Second, Shang won, and his armor broke.
Third, Shang won, and his armor survived.
If the first case happened, Shang would lose out.
If the second case happened, Shang would also lose out. After all, Shang wouldn't be able to rely on his armor during the Mage category since he couldn't just reforge it like his sword.
His armor would have been traded for exactly one point since level 15 would be absolutely impossible for Shang to beat.
However, if Shang had access to his armor, it would very likely pay out with more than one point in the Mage category.
Shang's armor had already paid two points in the beast category by helping him win against the Serpent. His next opponent also wasn't a big problem, but Shang would have never reached that opponent without his armor.
the Mage category, Shang was most worried about the powerful Mid High Mage. The Mages before that opponent shouldn't be that difficult, but just like
Mage, he would definitely beat the weak Late High Mage
wasn't confident in beating
as long as the first two options happened, Shang would sacrifice more than he would gain,
possible way to go forward without a loss was
the chances of his
Not very high.
that the Magic Circles on his armor wouldn't even be able to
and Shang believed that
opponent would just
Shang had to block
of all these factors, Shang found it to be a bad idea to
kind of opponent you would have fought," the jester said
interested in what his opponent would
stopped, and the
he saw the image,
a smirking cheetah
wow, that would've been bad for you," the jester said with
beast with a Wind
"Yep," the jester said.
how that fight would
He would prepare himself.
cheetah would
its claws past Shang's sword, and it
Shang managed to get Brilliance off, he would survive the
symbolized the
over," the jester said as he jumped
"13 points."
"Very impressive."
a high Battle-Strength in this level is commendable, but it will
above-average, turns to average, turns to
didn't answer,
the way to the very top, but every additional step had to be just as outstanding
exceptionally powerful rocks could hold until it led to
my Path right now?" Shang suddenly
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