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.

which looked weird.

to reach Shang's back

a bit. For some reason, he found the

hold

as he touched

was satisfied

to feel thankful now. It's

"Try."

but it

the sword had been able to imitate a word in

Shang nodded in appreciation.

"Will do," he said.

the sword said in

his hand on the sword and released a

Nothing happened.

And that was good.

small explosion of Fire Mana would

time, it was

arm

"Strike," the sword said.

sword's instructions and

WRRRR!

strike started, the lower edge of

sword had gathered all the scattered Fire Mana from Shang's left arm and had focused it on the very tip of its edge.

around the sword had warped with

Shang noticed that the sword had cooled down at terrifying speeds. Just now, it had been incredibly hot, but as soon as Shang finished his strike, it had returned

wasn't any

to Shang in his

of Fire Mana is enough

"Yes," the sword answered.

him. After all, it had gotten

Mana," the

waiting for a bit. I don't want to injure my left

the

around for a bit until

Blast on the sword again. Just like before, seemingly

"Strike," the sword said.

Shang released a strike.

white mist followed his swing as the water in the air

sword said.

dangerous to

Harder. Other weapons weaker,"

weapon that

"Yes," the sword answered.

"Ice, target, hard."

"Fire, target, soft."

nodded. "I

"Darkness Mana."

not sure if I can release Darkness

"Try," the sword said.

at his

on his sword and used

widened as his

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

remember," the sword

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

would heal in a couple

Mana,"

"I don't get

air, lightning. Target, enemy attack,"

you mean