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,

only

one," Shang said as

I lost without even being able to show my

"Now, things are reversed."

said as he

students had calmed down, and their brows

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

that Shang was at the Peak

speeds above their level for a short time. Shang definitely

these speeds

could reach these speeds by throwing himself forward with his

Shang had also unlocked this

level, but a lot of them could. Of course, there were also students that could increase their power or

something of themselves to

one shouldn't take

had trained for a long time to unlock this

had been here,

single week,

that Shang had closed a significant gap between him and the other

smirk. One could see burning battle intent in his

person in our class that

one of my shortcomings, and it

his sword. "Let's

as

Shang and Astor were

entire class just to watch Astor and

Shang

what she

BANG!

this time, he

earlier, but 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 academy had plenty of

before Shang reached Astor,

potential, higher speed into account, and if Shang accelerated,

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

feet, and he got carried forward by a

Shang's eyes widened.

would hit

BANG!

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

the sword said

Shang could only release

could simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm with his

Ice Affinity, and if he

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