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.

taken part in the tournament were the first warriors that

were newbies in the Fifth Realm, and they

the Diamond Body Stage knew that they

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

it could be counted as

to become strong enough to act as a foundation for reaching the

a possible

to find a way to create

they needed to find a way to fix the control issues of the

about the Barbarians, Elver thought about a way to exchange control over power

like using one's rage to

Core, change the Mana Pathways, create

a Fifth Realm that was powerful

still be warriors

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

it would be like

difficult but

physical fighters would be just

the sky.

while,

supposed

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

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

old Dean had created the True Path Stage, but he also had the weakest Path out of every warrior in

It had been pathetic.

Mervin and

Elver thought of his Diamond Body

be part of the future, but

sure what he

anger,

had come

as far as he would

he would focus on refining his Diamond Body

goal was to create

weaker than Mages or Shang's

role, Oliver

had lost to contestant 31, he had felt quite melancholic and had gone on

that his path might have also

Shang,

desire for vengeance had completely consumed

It was him!

his teacher's

was King

He ruined everything!

brought the apocalypse