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 was

lastly, it was to dissuade people from challenging

the Lightning Manor offered these life-and-death duels for everyone, but they still didn't want the students to die to

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 powers and avoid falling victim

would start in ten minutes, but there were already over 400 Clouds here. There were around 50

50 people watching, and

far more people were

powerful warrior could do, but even more,

most powerful, and since everyone here was a

Paths are not worthless, but they couldn't be compared to actual Mages that actually knew what they were doing. Over 99% of Mages were

in a way, they were right. Compared to the Clouds, every other Mage truly didn't know what they

level one Concept before becoming a High Mage. There was nothing special about comprehending only one Concept before a breakthrough, while two Concepts were the bare

that comprehended

was the level

Concepts as a High Mage. Maybe, with a lot of luck, he could have comprehended a third

been the most powerful normal Mage in Area

King Skythunder, was

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

a good shot

enough for an Empire to invest in them was someone

same level as that Dawn

order Sparks around, who were powerful Peak

was what it meant

meant to be a future

were the most powerful and illustrious people outside the headquarters

saw any Mage Kings or any of the Mage Emperors. Nearly every single human died before ever having seen

Lords would never see a

Mage Kings were legends!

Mage Lords were essentially the rulers

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

long and so hard for

was the