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?

some time passed, Mervin returned with a

young man,

couldn't be

saw the boy, he felt a slight feeling of

very good at judging his opponent. The slight feeling of threat he felt meant that the other side was capable of

a

even a Pest Cat had the capabilities to injure

looked at Shang with

teachers and the Vice-Dean

to prove his worth

explained. "You two will fight each other. Shang, this match won't decide if you can join our academy or not. It's simply

said as he

why the table's at

walked over to one end of the hall

a mixture of speed and power. It wasn't as thin as a rapier, but it also

Clk!

people could see what Shang was doing. His sword had been hidden beneath

teachers nodded when they saw that. Keeping one's weapon hidden made it harder for

can start whenever you

BANG!

sound of Shang jumping forward with a lot of power reverberated throughout the hall, interrupting Soran's

ready for Shang to suddenly attack, and

didn't know from

sword was still

his block to a chop. In the academy, he had learned that the only option

the sword swing towards him, but

exactly that his opponent knew more about how to wield a sword than him. So, entering a sword

power into his sword arm and directly targeted the

BANG!

hit each other, creating sparks as they bounced

SHING!

had blocked a chop coming from above, but instead of pulling his sword back into a

his power into recovering his sword, leaving him

he had

off such a maneuver took a lot of practice, but Shang had had

out of balance as he

BANG!

opponent's torso, taking

top of him.

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"