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.

impossible to practice Magic with a warrior's body, but it basically made

Why?

by the passive Mana-radiation of the strengthened body. In

trained by pushing their Mana into their minds. In the beginning, Mages would retain normal bodies until they became Adepts. When they became Adepts, the power of their mind would

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

was an

course, one could also train both at the same time, but that would consume double the resources and double the time for only a minuscule increase in

warrior's body would be

General Stage first before they could start learning Magic. When

it

essentially forced into the path of a

The good thing about having a warrior's body was

warrior's

many people had a

the

more common outside the academy since a lot of peasants were

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

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

forward and quickly unleashed a slash, which was blocked by Soran's

BANG! BANG! BANG!

attacked more and more times as Soran jumped around the room to

table, the backs of chairs,

obviously, jumped after him every single time, also using the

furniture

that with Shang's instincts and offensive, he would destroy the furniture. After

that was true. He wasn't holding

why was the

Control.

had to realize when they had

warrior wouldn't hit the surroundings. Their

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

take in their surroundings and adapt to them would mindlessly continue

the other two teachers saw that, they nodded in

now, Shang had shown extraordinary habits and battle

were the habits of someone that had been in many real fights in

that Shang hadn't