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 Mage speaks the Invocation, the stronger the Spell. Of course, it

the Invocation, the effect will be minuscule. They essentially spend no Mana and

"The Invocation is…"

some confusing sounds with his

time he had met Duke Whirlwind. He had spoken

that Duke Whirlwind had suddenly appeared in front of Shang after around a second of him

to catch up to me? Additionally, he has taken nearly a second to cast it, which meant that

to

even Apprentices can learn that

Spell allows the Mage to reach speeds one level 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

his own ability to shoot himself away

the same thing but without

and this one had way more lines, which were even more confusing to

the second easiest Element-Neutral Apprentice Rank Spell," the

over all the different patterns inside the diagram, explaining

shield of Mana around the Mage. As 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 that their

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

Push," the teacher said as

as he saw

It was insanely complex!

could barely

six seconds to draw it with his impressive

took nearly three minutes to explain all

into confusion as he tried to keep

couldn't. It

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

which they can use to redirect enemy attacks. You can essentially view