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.

to practice Magic with a

Why?

become more powerful by the passive Mana-radiation of the strengthened body. In short, this meant that one's body had

pushing their Mana into their minds. In the beginning, Mages would retain normal bodies until

a body equal to an

was an entire

but that would consume double the resources and double

be

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 spells at the same levels

it made no

warrior's body was essentially forced

bad thing. The good thing about having a warrior's body was that the

the warrior's body

many people had a warrior's

of the students in the

was a bit more common outside the academy since a lot of peasants were peasants

had a

watchers were taking note of Shang's injury, Shang began

a slash, which was blocked by

BANG! BANG! BANG!

and more times as Soran jumped around

the table, the backs of chairs, and

jumped after him every single time,

no furniture

think that with Shang's instincts and offensive, he would destroy the furniture. After all, it wasn't his

He wasn't holding

was the

Control.

had to realize when they had to

warrior wouldn't

evaded, it made no sense to continue the attack, which would result in Shang not hitting the

that wasn't able to take in their surroundings and adapt to them would

the other two teachers saw that, they

shown extraordinary habits and

that had been in many real fights in

had also noticed some glaring flaws in Shang's style of battle, which showed that Shang hadn't truly fought humans before and that he hadn't been in a truly