Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang grabbed the other pieces of ore inside his room and gathered them in the middle.

As all the pieces of ore gathered, Shang felt his sword vibrate with glee.

It wanted to eat these pieces right away.

"Wait just one second. You can start soon," Shang said.

The sword didn't understand Shang and only transmitted hunger to him.

Shang took the two pieces of Darkness ore out of their sacks first and placed them beside each other.

Then, he took out the two pieces of Ice ore and placed them beside the Darkness ore in a line.

If he put the Darkness ore directly beside the Light ore, the two would damage each other. The same was true for the Fire and Ice ore.

Next, Shang took the Light ore and placed it a bit further away from the Ice ore, leaving a gap.

Lastly, Shang put the Fire ore beside the Light ore.

Two short lines.

One was Darkness and Ice.

One was Light and Fire.

Then, Shang took his sword into his hands with a smirk.

"Have fun," Shang said.

And he placed his sword on top of the ore.

The sword touched all eight pieces at the same time.

Shang could visibly see how the ore was vanishing. It wasn't nearly as fast as when the sword had absorbed the metal around the General Stage Vanishing Snake's tail, but it was still quite fast.

However, that was understandable. After all, back then, the sword had only absorbed pure Metal Mana, while this time, it was absorbing actual ore.

One could liken it to someone eating a big stone and actual food.

While the big stone remained in someone's stomach, they would weigh more. However, the stone would sooner or later leave their body. After that, the person would be just as heavy as before they had eaten the stone.

But if someone ate a lot of food with the same weight, they would definitely gain weight in the long term.

However, the transformation from food into sugars and fat would take work and time.

That was why the sword was taking longer this time. After all, it was absorbing the ore and fusing with it permanently.

It took a couple of minutes, but eventually, the sword was done.

Surprisingly, the sword had consumed all the ore. Since the sword was only around seven units of ore big, Shang had assumed that it would leave some ore, but it didn't.

It seemed like it had been rather greedy.

When the sword realized that all the ore was gone, it returned to Shang.

It moved quite a bit faster compared to before.

Before its upgrade, the sword had moved as fast as an ant.

Now, it was moving at the speeds of a small lizard.

If Shang walked very slowly, the sword could theoretically keep up with him.

When the sword reached Shang, it stood up, surprising him.

jumped, which looked weird. After

manage to reach Shang's

bit. For some reason, he found

hold of

soon as he touched

satisfied and

feelings have become more pronounced. It's actually able to feel thankful now. It's no longer just a wandering

"Try."

but it also

seemed like the sword had been able to imitate a word in Shang's

Shang nodded in appreciation.

"Will do," he said.

Mana," the sword said

the sword and released a

Nothing happened.

And that was good.

explosion of Fire Mana would appear, which would push Shang into the

this time, it was like

his arm was

"Strike," the sword said.

followed the sword's instructions and did an

WRRRR!

lower edge of the sword began to become orange with

had gathered all the scattered Fire Mana from Shang's left arm and had focused it on the very tip of its edge. That essentially transformed an undamaging gust of hot air into a searing

warped with searing heat during the

speeds. Just now, it had been incredibly hot, but as soon as Shang finished his strike, it had returned to

wasn't any remaining

said to

Mana is enough for one strike?" Shang

"Yes," the sword answered.

surprised that the sword could already somewhat talk and understand him. After all, it had

Mana," the sword

second," Shang answered. "I can't use my abilities without waiting for a bit. I don't want

the sword

for a bit until it returned to somewhat

he used an Ice Blast on the sword

"Strike," the sword said.

Shang released a strike.

white mist followed his swing as the

sword said.

ability is dangerous to other

weapons weaker," it

harder, and any weapon that hits you becomes weaker?"

"Yes," the sword answered.

"Ice, target, hard."

"Fire, target, soft."

nodded. "I get

"Darkness Mana."

sure if I can release

"Try," the sword said.

his sword with

on his sword and used

eyes widened as his left

and old-looking arm away. "If you absorb too much, my

remember," the sword

focused his Mana onto his left arm, and it began healing. A lack of

would heal in

target, Mana,"

furrowed his brows. "I don't get what

air, lightning. Target, enemy attack," it

mean Spells?"