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 a

the young man, or more precisely,

couldn't be

he felt a slight feeling

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

a real

even a Pest Cat had the capabilities to injure

young man looked at Shang

and the

to prove his worth in front

match won't decide if you can join our academy or not. It's simply there so we can get a better look

said as he gestured to the empty half of

that's why the table's at

the hall as he looked at his

his sword. It was a one-handed sword focused on a mixture of speed and power.

Clk!

present people could see what Shang was doing.

Keeping one's weapon hidden made it harder

can start whenever you want. This fight is

BANG!

Shang jumping forward with a lot of power reverberated

suddenly attack, and he quickly lifted his sword to

from

still hidden behind

block to a chop. In the academy, he had

but he had already known that

about how to wield a sword than him. So, entering a sword battle with him would be

power into his sword

BANG!

other, creating sparks as they bounced

SHING!

coming from above, but instead of pulling

put all of his power into recovering

wasn't blown back since he had let go of the

a maneuver took a lot of practice, but Shang had

moment, Shang's opponent was out of balance as he

BANG!

opponent's torso, taking

pushed his opponent over and fell on top of him. Then, Shang moved around his opponent's

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"