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.
most worried about the powerful Mid High Mage. The Mages before that opponent shouldn't
High Mage, he would definitely beat the weak Late High Mage
access to his armor, Shang wasn't confident in
Shang would sacrifice more than he would
go forward without
what were the chances of his
Not very high.
that the Magic Circles on his armor wouldn't even be able to stop their
die, and Shang believed that he very likely wouldn't be able to win
opponent
Late True Path Stage. If Shang had to block
it to be a bad idea to fight an
see what kind of opponent you would have fought," the jester said with
interested in what his opponent would have
wheel stopped, and the image of his
saw the image,
smirking cheetah running
that would've been bad for you," the jester
beast with a
"Yep," the jester said.
how that fight
He would prepare himself.
cheetah would run at
its claws past Shang's sword, and it
managed to get Brilliance off, he would survive the attack,
symbolized the
over," the jester said as he jumped off the wheel,
"13 points."
"Very impressive."
the True Path Stage for now. Reaching such a high Battle-Strength in this level is commendable, but it will become useless if you
to average, turns to below-average, turns to trash," the
didn't answer, but he
way to the very top, but every additional step
with exceptionally powerful rocks could hold until
Path right now?" Shang
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