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 tournament were the first

newbies in the Fifth Realm, and they still needed to become familiar

in the Diamond Body Stage

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

as

of refining to become strong enough

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

needed to find a

issues of

thought about a way

using one's rage to

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

become a Fifth Realm that was powerful

they still be warriors at that

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

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

but

be

thought as he looked at the sky. He had

a while,

was never supposed

incomplete

moment, all the deceased teachers of the warrior academy under which Elver had

he also had the weakest Path

It had been pathetic.

allowed people like Mervin and Shang to become as powerful as

of his Diamond Body Stage, he felt something

not be part of the future, but

wasn't sure what

frustration, anger,

path had come

as far as he would

on refining his Diamond Body further

goal was to create real

that weren't weaker than Mages

role, Oliver gritted his teeth

contestant 31, he had felt quite melancholic and had gone

his path might have also reached its

he had seen Shang, he had forgotten

desire for vengeance had completely consumed

It was him!

his

King

He ruined everything!

brought the