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.

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

only been

our match before the last one,"

lost without

"Now, things are reversed."

again," Shang said as he

had calmed down, and their

was basically impossible for a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds equivalent to an Initial

they remembered that Shang was

above their level for a short time. Shang

reach these speeds with

by throwing himself

Shang had also unlocked

had the ability to increase their speed by a level, but a lot of them could. Of

student could upgrade something of themselves to the next level for a

one shouldn't take

warriors had trained for a long time to unlock

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

just a single week,

meant that Shang had closed a significant

One could see burning battle intent

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

because I underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings, and

sword.

nodded as he readied

Sarah," teacher Loran said while Shang and

stop the entire class just to watch

Shang with narrowed

knew what she was thinking

BANG!

this time, he didn't use his

normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the rarer side, but the academy had plenty of students with

Astor, Astor

into account, and if Shang

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

feet, and he got carried forward by a

Shang's eyes widened.

would hit

BANG!

blocked Astor's attack, but it wasn't easy. Shang's entire body shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able

break. Block, Ice," the sword

still a risk. After all, Shang could only release

quickly heal his arm with his Mana, but he couldn't

he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become very interested

Shang only had a single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took