Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang was a bit surprised that he had to fight someone as powerful as Astor right at the beginning.

Did teacher Loran want to punish Shang for annoying him?

Teacher Loran noticed Shang's expression and snorted. "Don't think of yourself as too important," he scoffed. "You are the only person that I haven't seen fight yet, and I need to see your fighting style first."

"And that's why you're sending me against the strongest of the grade?" Shang asked with a frown.

"Blame your body," teacher Loran said. "You have an unfair advantage over everyone else."

Shang didn't like hearing that he had an unfair advantage, but it was the truth. It was already a shame that he was the only student in a lower grade than they were supposed to be.

"This is your first lesson in the academy, right?" Astor asked from the side as he slowly readied his huge sword.

When Shang saw Astor look at him with his readied sword, he felt his heart shake.

Powerful!

Astor felt so very powerful!

Astor was on a lower level than Shang, and Shang's body was nearly twice as strong as Astor's. Yet, Astor still felt so incredibly powerful to Shang.

Shang knew that he wouldn't win.

Shing!

Shang took out his sword and readied it. He knew that he couldn't win, but he would still give his all. This was not a fight for survival but a learning opportunity!

"As always," teacher Loran said, "whenever you draw your weapons, you must feel genuine killing intent. This is not an exception!"

Then, teacher Loran looked at Shang. "Under my supervision, none of you two will die. At my level, I can walk back and forth between you two over ten times before you can even finish half a swing. If you actually manage to kill your sparring partner, I will dedicate my life to being your servant. That's how confident I am."

The other students didn't react to teacher Loran's words. They all already knew of the power of a Commander Stage warrior.

Even the weakest Commander Stage warriors could reach 200kph in a single step, and that wasn't even their top speed. Additionally, even though they were warriors, their minds had still been infused with a lot of Mana just by having such a Mana-rich body around them.

Even a Commander Stage warrior with a warrior's body had, at least, a level two mind, which would technically allow them to become Adepts, as long as they knew how to properly cast spells.

That meant that their reaction times and thinking speeds were unimaginable for some mere Soldier Stage warriors.

Even if Shang were to use the sneakiest and fastest attack available, if teacher Loran didn't want it to hit, it wouldn't hit.

Shang nodded. He didn't exactly know how powerful Commander Stage warriors were, but since teacher Loran assured him that much, he believed him. Teacher Loran didn't seem to be the lying kind.

Shang readied himself and watched Astor carefully.

Astor slowly lifted his sword. As he did, the ground beneath him began to crack for some reason. It was almost like Astor had suddenly become far heavier.

rotated until the sword was behind

moment, the world

survival, he would have struck first. However, Shang wanted to learn. If his opponent didn't take this fight seriously and Shang did, Shang could theoretically win. As long

that, Shang

screamed at him. On top of that, Astor's pressure built more and

And then, Astor stopped.

Shang felt his instincts scream at him! They were shouting that he

as his instincts told

BANG!

small explosion of dirt appeared beneath Astor. All his power was

then, when the sword reached sufficient speed, he stopped adding more power

didn't

the power that Astor had pushed into the slash outweighed his body's weight by far too much. On top of that, his

being

such a maneuver was impossible. After all, a human just couldn't put in that much power. However, if someone took up an incredibly heavy hammer and swung it with all their

same principle but pushed to the

had

astonishing

instincts, he wouldn't have had the time to react

was one level below Shang, but with that swing,

speed should be his weakness. He had traded speed for immense destructive potential and

move, Astor had managed to completely get rid of his

Astor had his two strengths without

offensive power

evaded and quickly readied

stopped right beside Shang. It was almost like he had

how could Astor suddenly stop? Where did all the power of the swing

Into another swing.

sword didn't stop. It simply changed

readied a counterattack, but Astor's

could hit Astor, but he would have to exchange hits

After all, he was very good at dealing with injuries, and

this time, it was

hit, all his regenerative

explode, and if he didn't, he would lose everything

which was essentially the only way he

this meant that Shang would most definitely

not

was too late for Shang

block the swing with his sword. At

a powerful

the secrecy of his Affinity

readied