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.

tournament were

were newbies in the Fifth Realm, and they still needed to become familiar with

but everyone in the Diamond Body Stage knew that they wouldn't reach the Sixth

stronger and more introspective warriors even realized that the Diamond Body Stage wasn't truly a

most, it could be counted as

enough to act as

could see a possible way forward, but it

find a way to create

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

a way to exchange control over power for

like using one's rage to amplify one's

Pathways, create techniques to push

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

still be

could reach speeds several times faster than beasts while

would be like fighting a beast two levels above

but

be just as

the sky. He

a while, he

was never supposed to be a

by my incomplete Diamond Body. I won't be part

all the deceased teachers of the warrior academy under which Elver had learned shot

but he also had the weakest Path out of every warrior in

It had been pathetic.

people like Mervin and Shang to become as

Elver thought of his Diamond Body Stage, he felt something

part of the future,

wasn't sure what he

frustration, anger, acceptance,

come

as far as he would

would focus on refining his Diamond

goal was to

weren't weaker than

accepting his role, Oliver

Oliver had lost to contestant 31, he had felt quite melancholic and had gone on about his lack of

had said that his path might have also reached its

when he had seen Shang, he

vengeance had completely consumed all

It was him!

was his teacher's

was King Storm's

He ruined everything!

brought the