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.
opponent shouldn't be that difficult, but just like the Serpent, the powerful Mid High Mage represented more than
Shang beat the powerful Mid High Mage, he would definitely beat the
Shang wasn't confident in beating
would
to go forward without a loss was the
the chances
Not very high.
fighting a beast that was so powerful that the Magic Circles on his armor wouldn't even be able to
hit, he would die, and Shang believed that
speed of his opponent would just be ridiculously
block a physical attack with it, it would very likely break into pieces,
these factors, Shang found it to be a bad idea to
opponent you would have fought," the jester said with a smirk as the wheel
also interested in what his
wheel stopped, and the image of his
saw the
a smirking cheetah
wow, that would've been bad for you," the jester said with
with a Wind Affinity, huh?"
"Yep," the jester said.
imagine how
He would prepare himself.
cheetah would run at
claws past Shang's sword, and it
that Shang managed to get Brilliance off, he would survive the attack, but
symbolized
the beast category is over," the jester said as he jumped off
"13 points."
"Very impressive."
Stage for now. Reaching such a high Battle-Strength in this level is commendable, but it
to average, turns to below-average, turns to trash," the jester said
answer, but he
very top, but every additional step had to be just
exceptionally powerful rocks could hold
is my Path right now?" Shang
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