Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang sat down in one of many chairs inside one of the rooms on the third floor of the main building.

Several other students were with Shang in the room, and a couple of them threw worried glances at him while whispering to their neighbors, who then also shot a look at Shang.

Shang tried to ignore it, but it was way too obvious what they were talking about.

All the students in the room were 16 and 17 years old, except for Shang.

A couple of minutes of whispering later, the teacher entered.

She looked to be in her late twenties, and she had long black hair, her eyes detached and distant.

She inspected everyone present, and her gaze lingered a bit longer on Shang.

"Let's start class," she announced.

Everyone quieted down.

Then, Teacher Niria began her lesson.

This afternoon, she was teaching the class about the northeastern forest.

She talked about Swamp Millipedes and Vanishing Snakes, but most of all, she talked about the Empress Cobra Zone. The northeastern forest was adjacent to the Empress Cobra Zone, and there was a high likelihood that the students would find some beasts from there in the northeastern forest.

She talked about the climate and how the beasts behaved.

And that was already it for the lesson.

There was so much to learn about the northeastern forest that it couldn't be covered in just one lesson. Today, she had only talked about the special things one could expect to come across in the northeastern forest. The local flora and fauna would be taught in different lessons.

After the lesson was finished, several students walked up to teacher Niria to ask questions, which she very quickly answered with the least words possible.

Several minutes later, all the students had left.

That was when Shang walked up to her.

"Do you have a question?" teacher Niria asked with practiced ease.

"My question would be if it is safe for me to speak right now," Shang said.

Teacher Niria's eyes narrowed ever so slightly. "Follow me," she ordered.

Shang and Teacher Niria left the room and then the building.

After walking towards the north, past nearly all of the training fields, teacher Niria stopped. At the moment, Shang and teacher Niria were directly beneath the northwestern wall.

"Ask," teacher Niria ordered. "No one can hear us."

took a deep

This was it.

made a mistake in

a Darkness Affinity," he

Niria directly asked, like she had seen

are connected,"

so?" she asked

also have

think so?" she

before he started rattling

you said that we are connected. However, you and I met for the first time back then. That means that the corpse told

Niria let Shang continue

helped me far more than

isn't the only reason I have found out. The clerk in the Curio Trinket also made

did he say?"

corpse, he said, of his own volition, that this

I have killed the snake. However, how can he

ones in the entire city

the progeny of

cut on its side and the killing blow were not the giveaways, that only leaves one

there is still quite a bit of weakened flesh near its back. An experienced eye will notice

nice and all, but why did you want to talk to me? Did you

a deep

your help,"

"For what?"

Darkness Affinity

much?" teacher Niria

"Two units."

"Impossible," she answered.

threw Shang for

she was the

the clerk had

top of

he needed

had to keep the

telling Shang that he should

sentence was useless. He could have simply said that

dean could check

Darkness ore from the

as the dean wasn't Shang's enemy, but if he were, Shang would have bigger

was a teacher in the school that was willing to do something like that. However, it was up to Shang

it impossible?" Shang

amount of respect required for asking me