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I would say use some other dark color other than black for the shadow, just like you did for the cliff shadows, and also check your light sources, I feel like the sword's shadow direction doesn't match the one on the cliff. And maybe give more detail to the metallic surface of the sword's blade and round tip. The sword is the center piece, but the cliff has more detail than it does.
I've had a couple other people point that out to me as well, but I'm not exactly sure how I would improve it
Yeah, the only glaring problem here is the shadow. Everything else looks good. 
I agree with Radio Dog
Making the shadow more transparent and brighter to match the cliff would be the best thing to do.
The other option would be to remove the shadow because the shadow is the center of attention.