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.

would remind everyone that the path to power

was to dissuade people from

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

the winner had, allowing people to create counters for these powers. Additionally, people that were

were already over 400 Clouds here.

watching, and these people would be of the combatants'

due to Shang, far more people

warrior could do, but even more, they wanted to see a Mage

since everyone here was a Mage, they wanted to

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

they were right. Compared to the Clouds, every other

their minds, even a pig could comprehend a 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 minimum to

only people that comprehended four Concepts before becoming a High Mage were

level

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

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

Skythunder, was

Concepts before becoming an Archmage, and

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

an Empire to invest in them was

as that Dawn Seedling Shang had met

order Sparks around, who were powerful Peak Ancestral

what it meant

it meant to be a

Lords were the most powerful and illustrious people outside the

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

half the Mage Lords would never

Mage Kings were legends!

Lords were essentially the rulers

of power since Mage Kings

and so

there was the Contender