Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang nodded. He had waited for this examination for way too long.

Soran answered with a nod of his own and turned towards Mervin. "Mervin, you're the sword instructor. Could you get us a fitting opponent for Shang? You know how examinations work."

Mervin nodded and wanted to stand up but stopped. "Shang? That's his name?" he asked.

"That's at least what he wrote onto the form," Soran said as he waved one of the forms around.

Mervin shot a weird glance at Shang.

"Weird name, kid," he said before leaving.

Viera only snorted, showing that she didn't like what Mervin had just said.

Soran only awkwardly looked at Shang. "You have to excuse Mervin. He's an old but very capable teacher. As you might have noticed, he always speaks his mind."

"No, he's right," Shang said. "Shang is a weird name."

Soran's face transformed into a representation of confusion.

That was not the answer he had expected.

"Well, alright then. As long as you don't take what Mervin said personally," Soran said.

"How is it not personal?" Shang asked. "He literally commented on my name. It doesn't really get any more personal."

Soran moved his hands forward like he wanted to stop an expensive vase from falling to the ground. "That's not what I meant."

"I know what you meant," Shang said.

Soran pulled back again as he looked at Shang with a slightly frustrated expression. "Then why didn't you say so?" he asked with forced politeness.

"Why didn't you word it correctly?" Shang answered.

"You," Soran said as his hands very lightly indicated that he wanted to strangle Shang. Then, he took a deep breath to calm down. "Fine. It's fine. The situation's resolved," he said.

Shang didn't answer anymore.

On the side, Viera shot a strange look at Shang.

This kid wasn't like most other kids.

Was something wrong with him?

Mervin returned with

young man, or more precisely,

couldn't be older than

the boy, he felt a

feeling of threat he felt meant that the

a

all, even a Pest Cat

at

and the Vice-Dean

had to prove his worth in

Shang, this match won't decide if you can join our academy or not.

you can fight over there," Soran said as he gestured to the empty half

table's

end of the hall as he looked at his

mixture of speed and power. It

Clk!

of the present people could see

nodded when they saw that. Keeping one's weapon hidden made it harder for the opponent to prepare

whenever you want.

BANG!

forward with a lot of power reverberated

opponent hadn't been ready for Shang to suddenly attack, and he

didn't know from which

was still hidden behind his

a chop. In the academy, he had learned that the only option was to attack when

but he had already known that

about how to wield a sword than

his power into his sword arm and directly targeted the opponent's

BANG!

hit each other, creating sparks as they bounced

SHING!

a chop coming from above, but instead of pulling his sword back into a combat-stance, Shang let go

put all of his power into

had let go

maneuver took a lot

of balance as he tried to

BANG!

opponent's torso,

on top of him. Then, Shang moved around his opponent's body with

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"