Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang listened to the teacher's words.

This was important knowledge!

"Standard spells," the teacher said in his deep voice as he grabbed a piece of chalk.

His arms moved, and in just two seconds, a diagram appeared on the blackboard.

Shang looked with surprise and confusion at the diagram.

It was an octagon, but there were many confusing and senseless lines connecting seemingly random spots inside the octagon.

In the end, a mess of lines and forms could be seen inside the octagon.

Shang had absolutely no idea what this was supposed to represent. He saw no logic in the diagram.

"Mana step," the teacher said as he wrote these two words above the diagram. "As you can see, the V-diagram is in there, symbolizing the access of general Mana. The Lion-Diagram shows a gathering of force. The Z-Diagram shows a transportation of force. The Alpha-Diagram shows the transformation of Mana into physical power. The Side-V shows the release of force."

Shang's eyes widened in surprise.

The teacher explained the confusing diagram in only a couple of sentences and broke it down into something that made sense to Shang.

However, it was still difficult for Shang to discern how the lines were connected exactly. Where do they begin? Where do they end?

"The Mana step is the most common and easiest to learn Element-Neutral Apprentice Rank Spell Mages can learn. It simply gathers Mana and releases it in their feet, allowing them to jump to the side."

"The Invocation of the spell is also counter-proportional, which is the dangerous thing about this spell."

The teacher looked at the two students without red uniforms.

the Invocation, the stronger the Spell.

full second to speak the Invocation, the effect will

"The Invocation is…"

some confusing sounds with his

met Duke Whirlwind. He

suddenly appeared in front of

up to me? Additionally, he has taken nearly a second to cast it, which meant that he was essentially only using the bare minimum of

been enough to jump

can learn

above themselves compared to warriors of the same level. That means that a Peak Apprentice can reach the speed of an Initial General Stage warrior for an

own ability to shoot himself away with his

the same thing but without injuring

a couple of seconds, and this one had way more

Element-Neutral Apprentice Rank Spell,"

the different patterns inside the diagram, explaining what each

soon as it is activated, they don't need to focus on it anymore. It will stay active and counter any outside physical force it experiences. The Mage doesn't experience any knockback or backlash during all of this, meaning

sword. If a hit is too powerful, the Mana Shield might sap all the Mana out of the Mage, making

said as he drew

as he saw

It was insanely complex!

barely

six seconds to draw it with his impressive

teacher took nearly three minutes to explain all

as he tried to keep up

It

Apprentices can learn that Spell, and also only in the Late Apprentice Realm or higher. It's very complicated,

use to redirect enemy attacks. You can essentially view