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

had only been

for our match before the last one," Shang

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

"Now, things are reversed."

Let's go again," Shang said as he

calmed

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

they remembered that Shang was at the

their level for a short time. Shang definitely wasn't

could reach these speeds with his

speeds by throwing himself

also unlocked

a lot of them could.

could upgrade something of themselves

one shouldn't take

had trained for a long

time Shang had been here, he

a single week,

closed a significant gap between

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

in our class that can fight me properly.

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

readied his sword. "Let's go

nodded as he readied

said while Shang and Astor were focusing on each

stop the entire class

at Shang with

what she was thinking

BANG!

again, but this time, he didn't use

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

Astor, Astor swung his sword

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would hit

BANG!

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 to put his

break. Block, Ice," the sword said in Shang's

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

the wild, he could simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm with his Mana, but

he suddenly showed a Fire

single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took a