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

at the young man, or more

be older

Shang saw the boy, he

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

a

a Pest Cat had the capabilities to

man looked at

teachers and the Vice-Dean

his worth in front

other. Shang, this match won't decide if you can join our academy or not. It's simply there so we can

fight over there," Soran said as he gestured

that's why the table's at the side,'

the hall as he

a one-handed sword focused on a mixture of speed and power. It wasn't as

Clk!

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

they saw that. Keeping one's weapon hidden made it harder for the

can start whenever you

BANG!

jumping forward with a lot of power reverberated throughout the hall, interrupting

been ready for Shang to suddenly attack, and he

from which direction Shang

still

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

saw the sword swing towards him, but he had already known that

how to wield a

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

BANG!

swords hit each other,

SHING!

above, but instead of pulling his sword back into a combat-stance, Shang

of his power

wasn't blown back since he had let go of the

off such a maneuver took a lot of practice, but Shang had had enough

Shang's opponent was out of balance as he tried to pull

BANG!

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

and fell on top of him. Then, Shang

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"