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?

passed, Mervin returned with a

looked at the young

be

the boy, he felt a slight

good at judging his opponent. The slight feeling of threat he felt meant

wasn't a

even a Pest Cat

at

the Vice-Dean

prove his worth in front

"You two will fight each other. Shang, this match won't decide if you can join our academy or not. It's simply there so we can get a better look at your

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

table's at the

one end of the hall as

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

Clk!

present people could see what Shang was doing. His sword had

weapon hidden made it

you want. This fight

BANG!

forward with a lot of power

to suddenly attack, and he quickly lifted his

didn't know from

was still

his opponent quickly changed his block to a chop. In the academy, he had learned that the only option was to attack when one couldn't find a proper

sword swing towards him, but he had already

knew more about how to wield a sword than him. So,

power into his sword arm and directly targeted the

BANG!

two swords hit each other, creating sparks as they bounced

SHING!

from above, but instead

opponent put all of his power into

back since he had let go of

took a lot of

the moment, Shang's opponent was out of balance as he tried to pull

BANG!

into his opponent's torso, taking the air out

of him. Then, Shang moved around his opponent's

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"