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

lastly, it was to

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

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 against that winner would

Clouds here. There were around 50 Ancestral Mages,

50 people watching, and these people would be of the combatants'

due to Shang, far

do, but even more, they wanted to see

was a Mage, they wanted to see

actual Mages that actually knew what they were doing. Over 99% of Mages were aimlessly

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

was nothing special about

that

the level of

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

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

Skythunder,

before becoming an Archmage, and during his stay as an Assistant Supervisor, he had

level three Concepts as an Archmage, Agon had a good shot

powerful enough for an Empire to invest in them

the same level as that Dawn Seedling Shang had

around, who were

it meant to be

it meant to

the most powerful and illustrious people

the Mage Emperors. Nearly every single

the Mage Lords would

Mage Kings were legends!

were essentially the rulers of the

Lords represented the peak of power since Mage Kings basically

Agon had worked so long and so hard for his

there was