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

at the young man,

couldn't be older than

saw the boy, he

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

wasn't a real

all, even a Pest Cat had the capabilities to injure

young man looked at

teachers and the

his worth in front

will fight each other. Shang, this match won't decide if you can join our academy

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

the table's

one end of the hall as he looked at

mixture of speed and power. It wasn't as thin as

Clk!

Shang, but none of the present people could see what Shang was

when they saw that. Keeping one's weapon hidden made it

can start whenever you want. This fight

BANG!

Shang jumping forward with a lot of

Shang to suddenly attack,

he didn't know from which

was still hidden

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

sword swing towards him, but he had already known that would

to wield a sword than him. So, entering a sword

all his power into

BANG!

hit each other, creating sparks as

SHING!

ground. Shang had blocked a chop coming from above, but instead of pulling his sword back into a combat-stance, Shang

power into

Shang wasn't blown back since he had

maneuver took a lot

out of balance as he tried to pull his sword

BANG!

his opponent's torso, taking the air out of his

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

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"