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.

had taken part in the tournament were the first warriors

Fifth Realm, and they still needed

difficult to accept, but everyone in the Diamond Body Stage knew that they wouldn't reach the

introspective warriors even realized that the

most, it could be counted as a prototype for an

of refining to become strong enough

possible way forward, but it would be difficult to create

they needed to find a way to create

a way to fix the control issues of the Mana.

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

using one's rage

change the Mana Pathways, create techniques to push the

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

still be warriors at

all of that became reality, these physical fighters could reach speeds several times faster than beasts while having bodies several

a warrior, it would be like

but not

would be just

at the

a while,

supposed to be a

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

warrior academy under which Elver had

he also had the weakest Path out of every warrior in

It had been pathetic.

sacrifice allowed people like Mervin and Shang

thought of his Diamond Body Stage, he

of the future, but my research will

sure what he

frustration, anger, acceptance,

path had come

was as far as

on

goal was to

weren't weaker than Mages or

role, Oliver gritted his

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

his path might have also reached its

he had seen Shang, he had forgotten all of

vengeance had completely consumed all his

It was him!

his

King Storm's

He ruined everything!

had brought the apocalypse onto