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.
powerful Mid High Mage. The Mages before that opponent shouldn't be that difficult, but just like the Serpent, the powerful Mid High Mage represented more than
would definitely
his armor, Shang wasn't confident in beating the powerful Mid High
as long as the first two options happened, Shang would sacrifice more than he would gain, even
go forward without a loss was the
chances of his
Not very high.
so powerful that the Magic Circles on his armor wouldn't even
Shang believed that he very likely wouldn't be able to win
of his opponent would just be
Stage. If Shang had to block a physical attack with it, it would very likely break
factors, Shang found it to be a bad idea to fight
kind of opponent you would have fought," the jester said with a smirk
in what
and the image of his
the image, Shang
cheetah running
would've been bad for you,"
beast with a
"Yep," the jester said.
how that
He would prepare himself.
cheetah would
would move its claws past Shang's sword, and it would cut
the off-chance that Shang managed to get Brilliance off, he would survive the attack, but he doubted that his follow-up
symbolized the
with that, the beast category is over," the jester said as he jumped off the
"13 points."
"Very impressive."
Battle-Strength in this level is commendable, but it
average, turns to below-average, turns to trash," the jester said with his
didn't answer, but he
top, but every additional step had to be just as outstanding as the first
road paved with exceptionally powerful rocks could hold until it led
is my Path right now?"
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