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 dangerous and that they

lastly, it was to dissuade people from

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

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

duels would start in ten minutes, but there were already over 400 Clouds

people watching, and these

to Shang, far

what a powerful warrior could do, but even more,

since everyone here was a Mage, they wanted to see their

but they couldn't be compared to actual Mages that actually knew what they were doing. Over 99%

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

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

mind, but only people that comprehended four Concepts before becoming

level of the

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

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

Skythunder, was

becoming an Archmage, and during his stay as an Assistant

level three Concepts as an Archmage, Agon had a good shot at becoming a Boltling, someone that would be cultivated into a future

for an Empire to invest in them

that Dawn Seedling Shang had met near the Eternal

could order Sparks around, who

what it meant to be

it meant to be a

and illustrious people outside the

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

over half the Mage Lords would never see a

Mage Kings were legends!

meant that Mage Lords were essentially

of power since Mage Kings basically

worked so long and so hard for his position as

then, there was the