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.

the tournament

the Fifth Realm, and they still needed

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

even realized that the

counted as a prototype for an actual

a lot of refining to become strong enough to act as a foundation for reaching the

as the creator of the Diamond Body Stage, could see a possible way forward, but it would be difficult to create something

needed to find a way to

they needed to find a way to fix the control issues

a

using one's rage

Pathways, create techniques to

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

would they still be warriors

reality, these physical fighters could reach speeds several

would be like fighting a beast two levels above

but not

physical fighters would be just as powerful

the sky. He had just received his

while,

was never supposed to be a

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

of the warrior academy under which Elver had learned shot

Stage, but he also had the weakest Path

It had been pathetic.

like Mervin and Shang

his Diamond Body

future, but my

wasn't sure what

frustration, anger, acceptance, melancholy,

had come to

far

on, he would focus on refining his

goal was to create real

weaker than Mages or Shang's

role, Oliver gritted his

contestant 31, he had felt quite melancholic and had gone on about his

path

Shang, he had forgotten all of

vengeance had completely consumed all

It was him!

his

was King

He ruined everything!

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