Sword God in a World of Magic

"Thanks," Shang answered Soran.

When Soran heard Shang's words, he nodded in appreciation.

Why?

Because a lot of kids tried to appear too prideful or motivated. They would proclaim with a frown that they were sad they hadn't won or something similar.

However, that didn't make them seem endearing or motivated but stupid.

This had never been a fight where victory was up for grabs. If they said that they weren't fine with losing, it would only show their childishness. It would show that they weren't able to distinguish a winnable fight from an unwinnable one.

If someone truly thought like that, the chances were high that they would start a fight they couldn't win, and they would die early. If someone didn't think that but said it regardless, they would only be a people pleaser.

Accepting when someone was superior to oneself was one of the most important rules a warrior had to learn. It was an essential skill for survival.

"Hey, Soran, how about you let the kid actually show his skills?" Mervin said from his chair. "This entire fight was supposed to show us his sword skills."

Soran only smiled awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head. "Sorry. I just wanted to show him how annoying it can be when someone suddenly attacks out of nowhere."

"Anyway," Soran said as he looked at Shang. At the same time, his spear vanished, and he lifted his arms. "Let's see your sword skills. I won't fight back, but I will block and evade. Just treat my arms as shields. You don't have to worry. By using Mana, my body becomes so hard that you can't damage it."

Shang nodded as he readied his sword.

At the same time, the other three threw glances at Shang's abdomen.

There was still a cut on Shang's abdomen, but it was quickly healing.

This told the teachers two things.

First of all, Shang acted like he didn't even notice his injury, which gave more credibility to his claims of how he was training his body.

Second, Shang's injury was already closing, which meant that he had a warrior's body.

What was a warrior's body?

In this world, a warrior's body was seen as a disadvantage. In essence, having a warrior's body meant that one wasn't able to actively push Mana towards one's mind. Without a way to actively push Mana towards one's Spirit, one wasn't able to become a Mage.

Of course, in a world where Magic was the only way to true power, this was a bad thing.

a warrior's

Why?

body. In short, this meant that one's body had to vastly surpass one's

would retain normal bodies until they became

meant that an Early Adept would have a body equal to an Early Soldier Stage

was an entire Realm

time, but that would consume double the resources and

be forced into training the opposite

a warrior in the General Stage first before they could start learning Magic. When the warrior had already reached the Second Realm, they could learn to cast

short, it

body was essentially forced into the

good thing about having a warrior's body

the warrior's body a faster

many people had a

the students

was a bit more common outside the academy since a lot

still preferred students that had a warrior's body. After all,

were taking note of Shang's injury, Shang

shot forward and quickly unleashed a

BANG! BANG! BANG!

times as Soran jumped

table, the

time, also using the environment to

furniture

instincts and offensive, he would destroy the furniture. After all, it wasn't his style to hold

true. He wasn't holding

was the furniture not

Control.

realize when they had to stop

the enemy didn't evade, a good warrior wouldn't hit the

no sense to continue the attack, which would result

surroundings and adapt to them would mindlessly continue attacking when

saw that, they nodded in

now, Shang had shown extraordinary habits and battle

the habits of someone that had been in many real

some glaring flaws in Shang's style of battle, which showed that Shang