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.
that opponent shouldn't be
Mid High Mage, he would definitely beat the weak Late
without access to his armor, Shang wasn't confident in beating
first two options happened, Shang would
possible way to go forward without a loss was the
chances of his armor
Not very high.
the Magic Circles on his
and Shang believed that he very likely wouldn't
speed of his opponent would
Late True Path Stage. If Shang had to block a physical attack
found it to be a bad idea to fight
fought," the jester said
in what
wheel stopped, and the image of
the image,
smirking cheetah running through
bad for you," the jester
beast with a Wind Affinity, huh?"
"Yep," the jester said.
imagine how that fight would
He would prepare himself.
cheetah would run
move its claws past Shang's
that Shang managed to get Brilliance off, he would
symbolized the
the beast category is over," the jester said as he jumped off the wheel, which quickly
"13 points."
"Very impressive."
this level is commendable, but it will become useless if you can't create an equally outstanding Fifth
turns to average, turns to below-average, turns to trash," the jester
didn't answer,
the very top, but every additional step had to be just as outstanding as the
with exceptionally powerful rocks could hold until
my Path right now?" Shang suddenly
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