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.

hoped that he hadn't made

a Darkness Affinity," he

would I care?" teacher Niria directly asked,

are connected," Shang

so?" she asked

have

you think

he started rattling down his

and I met for the first time back then. That means that

let Shang continue without

helped me far more than is to be expected of a

the only reason I have found out. The clerk in the Curio Trinket also made

"What did he say?" she

the corpse, he said, of his own volition, that this snake has definitely been killed

have killed the snake. However, how can

only ones in the entire city that use swords? I

the progeny of the Storm

and the killing blow were not the giveaways, that

was cut off, but there is still quite a bit of weakened flesh near its back. An experienced eye

want to talk to me? Did

a

your help,"

"For what?"

Darkness

much?" teacher

"Two units."

"Impossible," she answered.

Shang

she was the person he

the Exchange Hall, the clerk had

the ore. On top of that, it would be a major risk. So, the person should have a strong connection with

Shang that he needed to get a Commander Stage

had said that he had to keep the information of both students and teachers

Shang that he should go to a

could have simply said that the students' information would be hidden from

dean could check up on information

from the teacher, and he could buy anything he needed from the Exchange

Shang's enemy, but if he were, Shang

a teacher in the school that was willing to do something like that.

it impossible?" Shang

haven't shown me the basic amount of respect required for