Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang put everything about Mattheo to the back of his mind. He had several more questions to ask him, but his fight with Astor was far more important.

Shang had done a lot in the past week.

He had upgraded his weapon.

He had killed his first General Stage beast.

He had gotten very familiar with his new Affinities.

Now, it was his time to prove that he had become more powerful.

"Start!" teacher Loran announced.

BANG!

Shang exploded forward, the ground below him cracking.

The watching students' eyes shone.

Shang was faster than before!

His body obviously hadn't become more powerful, but his speed was definitely higher. That meant that Shang had gained far greater control over his body.

Astor readied his sword as he stepped backward with one leg. He was obviously readying a counterattack to Shang's offensive.

Shang pointed his left arm to the back.

BANG!

Shang unleashed an Ice Blast, which shot him forward at incredible speeds.

At this moment, Shang reached the speed of an Initial General Stage warrior.

Astor readied a shoulder check.

Yet, Astor's eyes widened when he saw Shang appear right in front of him in an instant.

Shang's sword swung.

CLINK!

Teacher Loran stopped the sword just before it hit Astor's head.

Silence.

Deafening silence.

Astor looked with shock at the sword in front of his eyes.

The students watched with slack jaws.

had become more powerful, but

only been a

last one," Shang said as he

you lightly, and I lost without even being able to show

"Now, things are reversed."

said

the students had calmed

a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds

they remembered that Shang was at the

could reach speeds above their level for a short

reach these

could reach these speeds by

Shang had also unlocked this

lot of them could. Of course, there were also students that could increase their power or their defense by

something of themselves to the next level for a short

one shouldn't take Shang's new

a long time

been here, he hadn't had

a single week, he

a significant gap between him and the other

smirk. One could see burning

in our class that can

is one of my shortcomings, and it

sword. "Let's

as he

and Sarah," teacher Loran said while Shang and Astor were

the entire class just

at Shang with

knew what

BANG!

again, but this time, he didn't use

had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the rarer

Astor, Astor swung his

into account, and if Shang accelerated, he would run right

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

water appeared below Astor's feet, and he got carried forward

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would

BANG!

he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power into the swing. Otherwise, it would

the

was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he needed some time for his arm to

a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm with his

decided to go public with his Ice Affinity, and if he

Shang only had a single Ice Blast per fight