Sword God in a World of Magic

After the group of five left, Star City crowned the champion of the tournament to find the strongest warrior.

Contestant 1, Elver!

Undeniably, Elver was the strongest warrior in the world. Sure, there might be that one Mage that had also learned how to be a warrior, but that couldn't be counted. If any Mage could just take part in the tournament, any Mage Lord could win the tournament just with their insanely strong bodies.

Only pure warriors counted, and Elver was definitely the strongest among them!

The watching Mages applauded as the strongest warrior in the world received his prize, a humongous spear.

This spear symbolized the creation of a path. The owner of the spear was at the forefront of warriorkind, and it was their duty to blaze a new path.

In essence, they were the head of the spear.

However, while the Mages watched with interest, some of the warriors felt like this entire ceremony was a farce.

Oliver and Elver knew Shang.

They were certain that the person in front of them earlier definitely had been Shang.

Shang, a Mage?

They knew that he had a warrior's body, and even if he didn't, they couldn't imagine him following the Magic Path.

Ever since Shang had been at the Commander Stage, he had done things that warriors believed to be impossible.

His power had always been a level above every other warrior.

And things hadn't changed.

Just when they had expected that they knew what they could expect from Shang, he surprised them yet again.

Elver would have expected to be able to fight Shang, at least. He didn't expect that he would win, but he had expected that he would be able to attack him.

Yet, when Shang had moved his fingers, everything became clear.

Elver hadn't been the target of that attack, but he could feel its power.

By just moving his fingers, Shang had summoned powers of the Sixth Realm.

He hadn't even drawn his weapon.

Fighting him would have been no different from fighting an Ancestral Mage.

Fighting him would have been no different from fighting a Zone Beast.

Elver, the strongest warrior in the world?

No.

warriors that had taken part in the tournament were the first warriors that

and they still needed to become

the Diamond Body Stage knew that they wouldn't reach the Sixth Realm

and more introspective warriors even realized that the Diamond

most, it could be counted as a prototype for

refining to become strong enough

the creator of the Diamond Body Stage, could see a possible

they needed to find a way to create a Beast

a way to fix the control issues of the Mana. Maybe something like

after thinking about the Barbarians, Elver thought about a way to exchange control

using one's rage to

Mana Pathways,

when all of that was present, this might become a Fifth Realm that was powerful enough to act as a foundation to

they still be warriors at that

all of that became reality, these physical fighters could reach speeds several times faster

such a warrior, it would

difficult but not

be just as powerful as

at the sky. He had just

while, he

was never supposed to be

my incomplete Diamond Body. I

academy under which Elver had learned shot

True Path Stage, but he also had the weakest Path out of every warrior

It had been pathetic.

Mervin and Shang

his Diamond Body Stage, he felt

the future,

sure what he

frustration, anger, acceptance,

path had come to an

was as far

he would focus on refining his Diamond Body further and

was to create real

weren't weaker than Mages or

Elver was accepting his role,

quite melancholic and had gone on about his lack of

path might

had seen Shang, he

for vengeance had completely consumed all

It was him!

his teacher's

was King

He ruined everything!

brought the