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

was an upward slice with a simultaneous jump to the back. The purpose of this slice was to reset the flow

always had the advantage. One of the two sides was very often the aggressive one, while the other one had to react. The reason why one side could be aggressive in the first place was that the other side had been unable to

on the offensive in a fight

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

performed a subpar block, one would

the offense, they could theoretically continue attacking forever. They only had to wait for their

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

meant to threaten the opponent with an attack and also block a strike, as long as they used a fitting strike during that time. Not every technique could

point, the opponent would lose their momentum, and the two of

biggest fan of it. However, he had still been willing

technique?' Shang thought

I were in a passive situation, it would definitely be useful. Just looking

thought about this situation a bit

mean, it is strong. I can't

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

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

entirely sure why, but I think the issue is that I simply don't like it. It's like some amazing series TV show about crime. Everyone loves it, and every crime fanatic recommends it.

don't

at

I can see

technique? The sword felt unfamiliar with this technique, and

really used

had been a feint. Feints had the goal of making the opponent move in a certain manner, which would make it harder for them to react to unsuspecting attacks. In short, feints attempted to

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

feint, they would have either slashed to

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

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