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.

part in the tournament

were newbies in the Fifth Realm, and they still needed to

Body Stage knew that

even realized that the

counted as a prototype for an actual

refining to become strong enough to act as a

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

a

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

Barbarians, Elver thought about a way to exchange control over

one's rage to amplify one's

Mana Pathways, create techniques to push the Mana even

Fifth Realm that was powerful enough to act

be warriors at that

of that became reality, these physical fighters could reach speeds several times faster

fighting such a warrior, it would be like fighting a beast two levels above

difficult but not

be

huh?' Elver thought as he looked at the

a while,

I was never supposed to be

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

deceased teachers of the warrior academy under

Path Stage, but he also had the weakest Path out of every

It had been pathetic.

his sacrifice allowed people like Mervin and Shang

of his Diamond Body Stage, he

future, but

sure

anger, acceptance, melancholy,

path had come to an

was as far as

he would focus on refining his Diamond

goal was to create

that weren't weaker than

Elver was accepting his role, Oliver gritted

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

that his path might have also reached its

he had seen Shang, he

desire for vengeance had completely

It was him!

was his

King Storm's

He ruined everything!

the apocalypse