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

young man, or

be older than

Shang saw the boy, he felt a slight

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

wasn't a

all, even a Pest Cat had the

man looked at Shang with

teachers and the Vice-Dean were

his

explained. "You two will fight each other. Shang, this match won't decide if you can

as he

table's at

walked over to one end of the hall as

It was a one-handed sword focused on a mixture of speed and power. It wasn't as thin as a rapier, but it

Clk!

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

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

can start whenever you want. This fight

BANG!

a lot of power

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

know from which

still hidden behind his

his block to a chop. In the academy, he had learned that the only option was to attack when one couldn't find a proper

him, but he had already known that

knew more about how to wield a sword than him.

put all his power

BANG!

each other, creating sparks as they

SHING!

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

opponent put all of his power into recovering his sword, leaving

Shang wasn't blown back since he had

maneuver took a lot of practice, but Shang

was out of balance as he tried to pull his sword

BANG!

rammed into his opponent's torso, taking

him. Then, Shang moved around his opponent's body with practiced

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"