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

had only been a

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

I lost

"Now, things are reversed."

won't count this one. Let's go again," Shang said as he slowly walked back to his

now, the students had calmed down, and their

a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds equivalent to an Initial General

then they remembered that Shang

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

could reach these

by throwing himself forward

Shang had also unlocked

of them could.

something of themselves to the next level for a short

one shouldn't take Shang's new power

a

Shang had been here, he

just a single week, he unlocked

meant that Shang had closed a significant

an intense smirk. One

another person in our class that can fight me properly. You didn't

underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings, and it won't

readied his sword.

nodded as

while Shang and Astor were

class just to watch

Shang with narrowed

knew what she

BANG!

charged forward again, but this time, he didn't use his

normal Affinity, just like all

Astor, Astor swung his

potential, higher speed into account, and if Shang accelerated, he would run

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

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

I, break. Block, Ice," the sword

still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he needed some time for his arm to

the wild, he could simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his

his Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become very interested

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