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

in the Diamond Body Stage knew

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

as a prototype for an actual Fifth

strong enough to act as a foundation for reaching the Sixth

as the creator of the Diamond Body Stage, could see a possible way forward, but it

needed to find a way

the control issues of the Mana. Maybe something like different Mana

about the Barbarians, Elver thought about a way to exchange

like using one's rage to

Beast Core, change the Mana Pathways,

this might become a Fifth Realm that was powerful enough

would they still be warriors

could reach speeds several times faster than beasts while having bodies several

it would be like fighting

but not

would be just as

looked at the sky. He

a while, he

supposed to

by my incomplete Diamond Body.

the deceased teachers of the warrior academy under which Elver had learned shot through his mind, especially the old

but he also had the weakest Path

It had been pathetic.

his sacrifice allowed people like Mervin and Shang to become as

Diamond Body Stage,

future, but my research will

sure what

anger, acceptance, melancholy,

path had come to an

as far

focus on refining his Diamond

goal was to create

than Mages or

Elver was accepting his role, Oliver gritted his teeth in

31, he had felt quite melancholic and had gone on

path

Shang,

vengeance had completely consumed all his

It was him!

was his teacher's

King Storm's

He ruined everything!

the apocalypse