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.

that had taken part in the tournament were

Fifth Realm, and they

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

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

counted as a prototype

needed a lot of refining to become strong enough

the creator of the Diamond Body Stage, could see a possible way

a way to

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

Barbarians, Elver thought about a way to exchange control

rage to amplify one's

Mana Pathways, create techniques to push the Mana

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

they still be warriors at

speeds several times faster than beasts while having bodies several

warrior, it would be like

difficult but not

be just as powerful

looked at the sky. He had just received his

while,

I was never supposed to

by my incomplete Diamond Body. I won't

academy under which

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

It had been pathetic.

like Mervin and Shang to become as powerful

thought of his Diamond Body

of the future, but

wasn't sure what

anger, acceptance,

path had come to an

far

focus on refining

to create

weaker than Mages or Shang's

was accepting his role, Oliver gritted his teeth

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

that his path might

Shang, he had forgotten

desire for vengeance had completely

It was him!

was his

King Storm's

He ruined everything!

brought the apocalypse onto