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

the Fifth Realm, and they still needed to become

accept, but everyone in the Diamond Body Stage knew that

even realized that the Diamond Body Stage wasn't truly a

counted as a prototype for an

of refining to become strong enough

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

they needed to find a way to create a

to fix the control issues of

about a way to exchange

using one's rage to amplify one's

a Beast Core, change the Mana Pathways, create

present, this might become a Fifth Realm that was

would they still be

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

would

but

fighters would be just as powerful

at the sky. He had just received his

while, he

supposed to be

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

that moment, all the deceased teachers of the warrior academy under which Elver had learned shot through his mind, especially

old Dean had created the True Path Stage, but he

It had been pathetic.

allowed people like Mervin and Shang to

his Diamond Body Stage, he

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

wasn't sure what he

anger, acceptance,

path had come

far as

on refining

goal was to

that weren't weaker than Mages

Elver was accepting his role, Oliver gritted his teeth

felt quite

path might have also reached its

he had seen Shang, he had forgotten all

had completely consumed

It was him!

his teacher's

King Storm's

He ruined everything!

had brought the apocalypse onto