Sword God in a World of Magic

Teacher Loran continued the lesson and called for the next people to start fighting. He let Sarah and Shang do whatever they wanted. Sarah had said that she learned a lot from Shang, which meant that Shang was an appropriate sparring partner for her.

Under normal circumstances, Shang should lose to someone of Sarah's level. However, Shang's experience in fighting barehanded made him the perfect counter to Sarah.

One had to remember that something like this wasn't normal. Basically, all warriors focused on their weapons, and they definitely didn't have much experience in serious hand-to-hand combat.

Yes, the students often beat each other up in a fistfight, but that was it.

It was a fistfight.

They punched and kicked each other, but they generally didn't grapple. They were so used to fighting with their weapons that they used their fists and legs as weapons. That meant striking the enemy with them.

If someone else had managed to get behind Sarah, they would have most likely unleashed a fist strike or a kick. Sarah would have been injured and thrown away, but she would have had a chance to turn things around.

And even if they tried to grapple Sarah from the back, there would have been a high likelihood that Sarah would have somehow managed to either smash their face in with the back of her head or managed to wriggle out of it.

However, Shang had been an MMA fighter on Earth. He knew exactly how he had to grab her. By putting his legs around her torso, shaking him off would have proven basically impossible. Her arms also wouldn't have been able to deal much damage, and her hammer could have only been swung in a very awkward manner.

The way Shang fought with his bare hands was very strange for this world. It was basically completely unknown.

In a way, one could say that Shang fought like a beast without his weapon. Beasts also often used their claws to grab an opponent and then use their teeth to kill them. When a beast wanted to kill someone, it didn't just swipe forward with its claws. No, swiping with their claws was mostly a defensive maneuver.

When a beast wanted to genuinely kill someone, it dug its claws into the opponent to keep them close and to position them perfectly for the finishing bite. Being caught by the claws was a death sentence most of the time, but not always. With enough experience, one could potentially turn things around.

Sarah and Shang began talking after teacher Loran turned his focus to the remaining class.

Sarah told Shang that she was interested in learning how to fight against beasts and unarmed opponents, which was why she asked him to fight without a weapon.

However, she also knew that Shang would basically not learn much, which would make this lesson an affair with only one beneficiary.

"In exchange, you can ask me whatever you want. I know a lot about politics, materials, resources in general, and weapons," she offered.

lessons. Additionally, several teachers didn't specialize in the things Sarah knew. For

meant that she also had to learn a lot about materials and weapons. If she didn't know everything about her opponent's weapons, she would put herself in severe

"I accept," Shang said.

"Then, after every session, you can ask

Shang nodded. "Deal."

readied

to the side. At this moment, Shang's sword was useless. If it touched Sarah's left hand or weapon, it would be destroyed. Because of that, it was literally

the two of them began

the fights

Horrible.

For Sarah, that is.

Sarah couldn't

It simply wasn't sharp.

still broke his bones, but that wasn't an issue. Shang's superior body gave him the ability

a beast. In the earlier levels of the Soldier Stage, the difference in physical power between

in the Peak Soldier Stage. That was the first level when a beast's body became quite a bit more powerful than

get worse at

bodies continued

Why?

they could fight humans. The beasts that didn't have those powerful bodies had long since died out. Starting at the General Stage, a beast was a genuine threat to a

Commander Stage, beasts won far more fights against warriors than they lost. Of course, that was assuming a one-on-one duel

only attack when the beast didn't pay attention. Additionally, many hunters worked in

and Commander Stage would lose against

Why?

warriors fought mostly with their bodies and beasts did

a beast getting cut by a sword, the sword getting stuck in

that only counted for warriors, not humans as a

Mages, and those

true Mage didn't have any issues in taking down a beast of an equivalent level. They