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 with

young man, or

couldn't be

Shang saw the boy, he felt

feeling of threat he felt meant that the other side was capable

wasn't a real

a Pest Cat had the capabilities

looked at Shang with burning

the Vice-Dean were

had to prove his worth in front

won't decide if you can join our academy or not.

Soran said as he gestured to the empty

that's why the table's at

to one end of the hall

of speed and power. It wasn't

Clk!

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 cloak the

nodded when they saw that. Keeping one's weapon

you want. This fight

BANG!

forward with a lot of power reverberated throughout the

ready for Shang to suddenly attack, and he quickly

didn't know from which

still hidden behind

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

the sword swing towards him, but he had already

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

Shang put all his power into

BANG!

two swords hit each other, creating sparks as they

SHING!

chop coming from above, but instead of pulling his

opponent put all of his power into recovering his sword,

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

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

moment, Shang's opponent was out of balance

BANG!

opponent's torso, taking the air out of

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

CRK!

"AAAHHH!"