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.

to the first

first technique was an upward slice with a simultaneous jump to the back. The purpose of

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 completely

in a fight was incredibly

subpar strike during one's offense, no one

subpar block, one

theoretically continue attacking forever. They

first technique, the upward slice with 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

opponent with an attack and also block a strike, as long

the user could jump back, resetting the fight. At that point, the opponent would lose their momentum, and the two of them could have their first clash again, which often

and Shang also hadn't been the biggest fan of it. However, he had still been willing to

technique?' Shang thought as

would definitely be useful.

thought about this situation

a frown. 'I mean, it is strong. I can't

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

the point, right? It's supposed to disrupt the flow of the

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

don't like

at

can see the quality, but

The sword felt unfamiliar with this

really used something

second technique 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

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 time for

feint, they would have either slashed to their left or

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

just suddenly started pulling