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.

remind everyone that the path to power

lastly, it was to dissuade people

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

making this a public event, everyone would see what powers the winner had, allowing people to create counters for these powers. Additionally, people that were at a disadvantage

400 Clouds here. There

people watching, and these people

far more people

powerful warrior could do, but even more, they

here was a Mage, they wanted to

knew what they were doing. Over 99% of Mages were aimlessly creating and copying shit

way, they were right. Compared to the Clouds, every other

minds, even a pig could comprehend a level one Concept before becoming a High Mage. There was nothing special about comprehending only one Concept

only people that comprehended four Concepts before becoming a High Mage

the level

before becoming a High Mage, and he had comprehended two level two Concepts as a High Mage. Maybe, with a lot of luck, he could have comprehended a third one, but that would still

been the most powerful normal Mage in Area 23, and he would have been a bit above average

King Skythunder,

an Archmage, and

Agon had a good shot

an Empire to invest in them

the same level as that Dawn Seedling Shang had met near the Eternal

who

it meant to

meant to

illustrious people

one ever saw any Mage Kings or any of the Mage Emperors. Nearly every

Mage Lords

Mage Kings were legends!

meant that Mage Lords were essentially

the peak of power since Mage Kings basically didn't really actually

so long and

then, there was the