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.

it would remind everyone that the path to power was

lastly, it was to dissuade

to die to each other as much. The trials were less dangerous and

Additionally, people that

but there were already over 400 Clouds here. There were

duels only had around 50 people watching, and these people

to Shang, far more people were

do, but even more, they wanted to see a Mage dominate and destroy

the most powerful, and since everyone here was a Mage,

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

a way, they were right. Compared to the Clouds, every

Mage. There was nothing special about comprehending only one Concept before a breakthrough, while

that comprehended four Concepts before becoming a High Mage were

level of

a High 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

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

Skythunder, was

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

Agon had a good shot at becoming a Boltling,

enough for an Empire to invest in them was someone

level as that Dawn

who were powerful Peak Ancestral

it meant to

it meant to be

the most powerful and illustrious people outside the

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

Lords would never see a

Mage Kings were legends!

that Mage Lords were essentially the

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

long and so

there was