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

at the young

couldn't be older than

boy, he felt

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

wasn't a

all, even a Pest Cat had the capabilities to

young man looked at

teachers and the Vice-Dean were

prove his worth in front of

Soran explained. "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

Soran said as he gestured to the empty half of

why the table's

of the hall

sword. It was a one-handed sword focused on a mixture of

Clk!

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

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

start whenever you

BANG!

a lot of

for Shang to suddenly attack, and he quickly lifted his

didn't know from

still hidden behind

his opponent quickly changed his block to a chop. In the academy, he had learned

but

wield a sword than him. So, entering a sword battle with him would

saw the sword swing down. Shang put all his power into his

BANG!

hit each other, creating

SHING!

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

all of his power into recovering

wasn't blown back since he had let go of

a lot of practice, but Shang had had enough

opponent was out of balance

BANG!

his opponent's torso,

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

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"