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

looked at the young man, or more

couldn't be older

saw the boy, he felt a slight

The slight feeling of threat he felt meant that the other side

a real

even a Pest Cat had the capabilities to injure

man looked at Shang with burning

teachers and the

had to prove his worth

"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 fighting

said as he gestured to the empty

why the table's at the side,'

over to one end of the hall as he

a mixture of speed and power. It wasn't as thin as a rapier, but it also wasn't very

Clk!

none of the present people could see what Shang was doing. His sword had

weapon hidden made it

start whenever you

BANG!

forward with a lot

ready for Shang to suddenly attack, and he quickly lifted his sword

know from which

sword was still hidden behind

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

swing towards him, but

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

power into his

BANG!

swords hit each other, creating sparks as they bounced

SHING!

above, but instead of pulling his sword

power into recovering

blown back since he had let go of

lot of practice,

out of balance

BANG!

rammed into his opponent's torso, taking the air out

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

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"