Sword God in a World of Magic

"Man, I'm so excited about the matches today."

"What's there to be excited about? This warrior will get destroyed in less than a minute."

"Yeah, I know, but I still want to know how he fights. I mean, he got accepted into the Contender Department, right? This means that he has a fourfold Spirit Sense like everyone else. Even if he is a warrior, there must be something special about him, right?"

"Sure, but he's still a warrior. He's probably extremely powerful compared to normal Mages, but we are not normal Mages, are we?"

"Who knows? Maybe he will hold out for a couple of seconds. I want to see what a warrior can do."

"What are you two talking about? You honestly think we will get to see the warrior's power? Pfft, as if! I think he will explode before he can even show his power. Did you guys forget who his opponent is?"

"It's Erel, right? Do you know what Erel can actually do? I've never seen him fight, but I've heard he has a Dual Affinity of Time and Light."

"Nope, no idea. No one ever saw him fight. He is getting all his resources from all the smaller trials, and due to his Affinity, no one has challenged him to a duel yet. Also, I heard that he isn't the biggest fan of killing, which is why he never challenged anyone."

"Huh, but then why did he challenge the warrior?"

"Wouldn't you? I mean, I feel kind of insulted that a warrior is in the Hibye. I have like three friends that are nearly as powerful as me, but they still weren't accepted into the Hibye. Yet, some random warrior got accepted?"

"Also, maybe Erel just thinks that this warrior represents some easy resources. Wouldn't you?"

"Sure, but it still feels weird. I mean, is Erel truly as powerful as everyone thinks? No one ever saw him fight, after all."

"No idea, could be, couldn't be."

Several members of the Hibye were slowly arriving at the central arena. Whenever there was a life-and-death duel, everyone would be informed, and they were allowed to watch.

This had several reasons.

First of all, by making this a public event, no one could accuse the Lightning Manor of choosing their favorites and having them win the duel.

Second, this was a learning opportunity for everyone.

would remind everyone that the path to power was dangerous and that

lastly, it was to dissuade people from

for everyone, but they still didn't want the students to die to each other

people to create counters for these powers. Additionally, people that were at

minutes, but there were already over 400 Clouds here. There were around 50 Ancestral Mages, 90 Archmages, and nearly 300

only had around 50 people watching, and these

far more people

to see what a powerful warrior could do, but even more, they wanted to see

the most powerful, and since everyone here was a Mage, they

to actual Mages that actually knew what they were doing. Over 99% of Mages were aimlessly creating and copying shit without knowing what the hell

Clouds, every other Mage truly didn't

There was nothing special about comprehending only one Concept before a breakthrough, while

but only people that comprehended four Concepts before becoming a High Mage were truly

was the level of the

Jerald had comprehended two level one Concepts before becoming a High Mage, and he had comprehended two level two Concepts as a High Mage. Maybe, with

Mage in Area 23, and he would have been a bit above average

Skythunder, was

Mage, nearly three Concepts before becoming an Archmage, and during his stay

Concepts as an Archmage, Agon had a good shot at becoming a Boltling, someone that

an Empire to invest in them was

level as that Dawn Seedling Shang had met near the

Sparks around, who were

it

what it meant to be

Lords were the most powerful and illustrious people outside the headquarters of any

Kings or any of the Mage Emperors. Nearly every single human died

Mage Lords would

Mage Kings were legends!

Lords were essentially

since Mage Kings

long and so hard for his position

was the Contender