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 expected

had only been a

before the last one," Shang

I lost without even being

"Now, things are reversed."

again," Shang said as

the students had calmed down, and their

was basically impossible for a Late Soldier Stage

that Shang was at the

students could reach speeds above their level for a short time. Shang definitely wasn't the

reach these

reach these speeds by throwing himself forward

had also unlocked

them could. Of course, there were also students that

every student could upgrade something of themselves to the next

shouldn't take Shang's new

warriors had trained for a

time Shang had been here,

single week, he unlocked

had closed a significant gap between him and the

said with an intense smirk. One could see burning battle intent

there's another person in our class that can fight me properly. You didn't disappoint,

That is one of

sword. "Let's

as he readied

teacher Loran said while Shang and Astor were focusing

stop the entire class just to watch

looked at Shang with narrowed

what she was

BANG!

this time, he didn't use his Ice

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

before Shang reached Astor,

swing took Shang's potential, higher speed into account, and if

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put

the

Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he

Blast and then quickly

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

Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took a