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 body, but it basically

Why?

the strengthened body. In short, this meant

bodies until they became

Adept would have a body equal to an Early

was an

same time, but that would consume double the

body would be forced into training the

start learning Magic. When the warrior had already reached the Second

short, it made

with a warrior's body was essentially forced into the path

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

the person with the warrior's body a

many people had

the students in the

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

course, the academy still preferred students that had a warrior's body. After all, this was an academy

watchers were taking note of Shang's injury, Shang began to unleash a

unleashed a slash, which

BANG! BANG! BANG!

and more times as Soran jumped around the room to keep Shang on

jumping on the table, the backs of chairs,

time, also using the

no furniture got

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

was true. He wasn't

the

Control.

good warrior had to realize when they had to stop their attack

evade, a good warrior wouldn't hit the

enemy evaded, it made no sense to continue the attack, which would result

to take in their surroundings and adapt to them would mindlessly continue attacking when they couldn't hit

other two teachers saw that, they nodded

Shang had shown extraordinary habits and battle

someone that had been in many real fights

in Shang's style of battle, which showed that Shang hadn't truly fought humans before