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

the young man, or more precisely,

couldn't be

the boy, he felt

he felt meant that the other side

wasn't a real

Cat

young man looked at Shang with

teachers and the Vice-Dean were

prove his worth

other. Shang, this match won't decide if you can join our academy or not. It's simply there so we can get

can fight over there," Soran said as he gestured

that's why the table's

walked over to one end of the hall as he

sword focused on a mixture of speed and power. It

Clk!

heard from Shang, but none of the present people could see what Shang was doing. His sword had been hidden beneath his cloak

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

whenever you

BANG!

lot of power reverberated throughout

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

know from

was still hidden behind

In the academy, he

saw the sword swing towards him, but he had already known

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

down. Shang put all his power into his sword arm and directly

BANG!

swords hit each other, creating

SHING!

chop coming from above, but

of his power into recovering

back since he had let go of

a lot

opponent was out of balance as he

BANG!

into his opponent's torso,

of him.

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"