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 warriors that had taken part in the tournament were the first warriors

the Fifth Realm, and

to accept, but everyone in the Diamond Body

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

it could be counted as a prototype for

strong enough to act

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

to find a way

the control issues of the Mana.

about a way to exchange control over

using one's rage

Beast Core, change the Mana Pathways, create techniques to push the

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

would they still be warriors at

several

warrior, it would be like fighting a beast two

but not

physical fighters would be just as powerful as

huh?' Elver thought as he looked at the

a while,

never supposed to be

been ruined by my incomplete Diamond

the deceased teachers of the warrior academy under which

but he also had the weakest Path out of every warrior in

It had been pathetic.

his sacrifice allowed people like Mervin and Shang to become as

of his Diamond Body Stage,

not be part of the future, but my research will influence

wasn't sure what

anger, acceptance,

come to an

as far

focus on

was to create real

than

role, Oliver gritted his teeth

to contestant 31, he had felt quite melancholic and

that his path might have also reached its

seen Shang, he had

for vengeance had completely consumed all

It was him!

was his teacher's

King Storm's

He ruined everything!

brought the apocalypse