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.

powerful, but they hadn't expected something like

had only

before the last one," Shang said as he pulled his sword

you lightly, and I lost

"Now, things are reversed."

count this one. Let's go again," Shang said as he slowly walked back to

now, the students had calmed down, and their brows

they had been shocked since it was basically impossible for a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds equivalent to an Initial General Stage

remembered that Shang was

for a short time.

reach these speeds with his

could reach these speeds by throwing himself forward with

also unlocked

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

nearly every student could upgrade something of themselves

one shouldn't take

warriors had trained for a long time

been here,

in just a single week, he

a significant gap between him and the

an intense smirk. One could see burning battle

that can fight me properly. You

That is one of my shortcomings, and it won't happen a second

readied his sword. "Let's go

nodded as he readied

Loran said while Shang and Astor were

stop the entire class just

looked at Shang with

what she was

BANG!

forward again, but this time, he

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

Astor, Astor swung his sword

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

feet, and he got carried forward by

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

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

Ice," the sword

to block with his Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release

use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm

Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would

Blast