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.

to power was dangerous and

to dissuade people from

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

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 to

ten minutes, but there were already over 400 Clouds here. There were around 50 Ancestral

and

to Shang, far more people were

could do, but even

was a Mage, they wanted to see

were doing. Over 99% of Mages were aimlessly creating and copying shit without knowing what the hell they were doing, at least, according to

Compared to the Clouds, every

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

were good in their mind, but only people that comprehended four

the level of the

comprehended two level two Concepts as a High Mage. Maybe, with a lot of luck,

Jerald had been the most powerful normal Mage in Area 23, and he would have been a

King Skythunder,

an Archmage,

as an Archmage, Agon had a good shot at

enough for an Empire to invest in them was someone

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

who were

what it meant to

meant to be a future

the most powerful and illustrious people

Mage

over half the Mage Lords would never see a Mage

Mage Kings were legends!

meant that Mage Lords were essentially the rulers of the

Kings basically didn't really actually exist in the

worked so long and so hard for his

then, there was the