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 that reached the Fifth

the Fifth Realm, and they still needed to

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

that the Diamond

counted as a prototype for an

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

Diamond Body Stage, could see a possible way forward, but it would be difficult

needed to find a way to

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

thought about a way to exchange control over power for more

like using one's rage to amplify one's

Mana Pathways, create techniques to push the Mana

Fifth Realm that was

still be warriors at that

became reality, these physical fighters could reach speeds several times

it would be like

but

fighters would be

as he looked at the sky. He had just received his spear

a while,

I was never supposed to be

incomplete Diamond Body. I won't be part of the

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

old Dean had created the True Path Stage, but he also

It had been pathetic.

his sacrifice allowed people like Mervin and Shang to become as powerful

Diamond Body Stage,

future, but my research will influence

sure what

anger,

had come

was as far as he

on refining his Diamond Body further and

was to

weaker than

accepting his role, Oliver

Oliver had lost to contestant 31, he had felt quite

had said that his path might

seen Shang,

for vengeance had completely

It was him!

his teacher's

King

He ruined everything!

brought the apocalypse