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?

time passed, Mervin returned with a

looked at the young

be

he felt a slight feeling of

The slight feeling of threat he felt meant that the

a

a Pest Cat had the capabilities to injure

looked at Shang with

and the Vice-Dean

to prove his worth

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

said as he gestured to the empty half

the table's

over to one end of the hall as he looked at his

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

Clk!

sound of something metallic moving could be heard from Shang, but none of the present people could see what Shang was doing.

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

you want.

BANG!

sound of Shang jumping forward with a lot of power reverberated throughout the

Shang to suddenly attack,

didn't know from which direction

sword was still

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

sword swing towards him, but

more about how to wield a

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

BANG!

two swords hit each other, creating sparks as

SHING!

immediately shot into the ground. Shang had blocked a chop coming from above, but instead of pulling

opponent put all of his power into recovering his sword,

wasn't blown back since he had let go

off such a maneuver took a lot of practice, but

moment, Shang's opponent was out of balance as

BANG!

torso, taking the air out of

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

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"