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.

the path to power was

it was to dissuade people from challenging

everyone, but they still didn't want the students to die to each other as much. The trials were less dangerous and more efficient

event, everyone would see what powers the winner had, allowing people to create counters for these powers. Additionally, people that were at a disadvantage against that winner would get an opportunity to see these

there were already over 400 Clouds here. There were around 50

people watching, and

far more people

even more, they wanted to see

powerful, and since everyone here was

they couldn't be compared to actual Mages that actually knew what they were doing. Over 99% of Mages were aimlessly creating and copying shit without knowing what the

to the Clouds, every other Mage truly didn't know what

level one Concept before becoming a High Mage. There was nothing special about comprehending only one Concept before a breakthrough,

good in their mind, but only people that comprehended

level of the

and he had comprehended two level two Concepts as a High Mage. Maybe, with

normal Mage in

King Skythunder, was more

two level one Concepts before becoming a High Mage, nearly three Concepts before becoming an Archmage, and

shot at becoming a Boltling, someone

was powerful enough for an Empire to invest in them was

that Dawn Seedling Shang had met

who were powerful Peak Ancestral

was what it meant to

what it meant to be a future Mage

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

ever saw any Mage Kings or any of the Mage

the Mage Lords would never see a Mage

Mage Kings were legends!

that Mage Lords were

since Mage Kings basically didn't really actually exist in

Agon had worked so long and so hard

then, there was the