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.

knew that Shang had become more powerful, but they hadn't

had only been

the last one," Shang said as he pulled

I took you lightly, and I lost

"Now, things are reversed."

go again," Shang said as he

students had calmed down, and their brows

for a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds

remembered that Shang was at the Peak

above their level for a short time. Shang

could reach these

these speeds by throwing himself forward with his

also unlocked this

a level, but a lot of them could.

upgrade something of themselves

one shouldn't take

trained for a long

last time Shang had been here, he hadn't had this

just a single week, he

that Shang had closed a significant gap between him and the

with an intense smirk. One could see burning battle intent in his

in our class that can fight me properly. You didn't

I underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings,

readied his sword. "Let's

as

Shang

stop the entire class just to

Shang with narrowed

one knew what

BANG!

this time, he didn't use

unveiled his Ice Affinity earlier, but just as expected, nobody had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the

Astor,

into account, and if Shang accelerated, he would run

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

water appeared below Astor's feet, and he got

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

but it wasn't easy. Shang's entire body shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power into the swing. Otherwise, it would have broken Shang's

Block, Ice," the

all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he needed some time

simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm with his Mana, but he couldn't do that

to go public with his Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a

had a single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight