Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at his sword with a lifted eyebrow. Earlier, he had assumed that his sword didn't like the technique because he hadn't perfectly used it. After all, the sword had only been mildly disgusted, not completely.

But apparently, it was the opposite.

The sword really didn't like the technique.

"What don't you like?" Shang asked.

He still felt a bit weird talking to his sword like it was another person or a pet, but he knew that he should get used to it.

Of course, the sword didn't answer.

Shang had a couple of suspicions, but they would need further testing.

So, Shang tried the second technique. All of these techniques were short, singular movements. They weren't a complex array of complicated moves or something like that. At most, they described how one should move one's arms generally and how one should move their legs. One could call these techniques even basic instruction manuals.

When Shang finished the technique, his sword gave feedback again.

It felt a bit weird.

It was like it was eating something with an unknown flavor. It was like it wasn't certain if it should like that flavor or not.

After unleashing the strike and feeling the sword's feedback, Shang stopped with a frown.

He felt the sword's feelings to be familiar.

'Actually, I felt similar to the sword,' Shang thought. 'Although, during the first technique, I wasn't as disgusted as it. However, I still didn't like it.'

'Why is that? Why do I not like this technique?' Shang thought as he scratched his chin.

thought back to the first

slice with a simultaneous jump to the back. The purpose of this slice was

to react.

offensive in a fight was incredibly

performed a subpar strike during one's offense, no one would

performed a subpar block, one would

long as the offensive side didn't lose the offense, they could theoretically continue

the jump to the back, was a technique to get one out of such a bind. The upward slice would include nearly all of the power of the user, and since it went from the bottom to the top, it basically went

a strike, as long as they used a fitting strike during that time. Not

attacked and their own attack blocked, the user could jump back, resetting the fight. At that point, the opponent would lose their

biggest fan of it. However, he

don't I like the first technique?' Shang thought as he scratched

definitely has its uses. If I were in a passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just looking at its performance, I see no flaws. It's

about this situation

mean, it is strong. I

feels wrong. It's like it's disrupting my flow or

back of his head. 'I mean, that's the point, right? It's supposed

I simply don't like it. It's like some amazing series TV show about crime. Everyone

don't

looked at

it's similar with this technique? I can see the quality, but

the second technique? The sword felt unfamiliar with this technique,

never really used

would make it harder

was a slash that came from the top right, but instead of slashing at the enemy, it went into a curve and went back to the right side, but on a lower level. This left the user in a very wide and open stance, but it also gave them a lot of space and wind-up

feint, they would have either slashed

be caught off-guard, literally. Their equilibrium and power would be fully focused on their front. If they decided to block, they would lose their

the enemy could simply unleash a quick counter. If a boxer just suddenly started pulling back their shoulders to