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.

had become more powerful, but they

only been

the last one," Shang said as he

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

"Now, things are reversed."

count this one. Let's go 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

then they remembered that Shang was at the

for a short

these speeds with

could reach these speeds by throwing

had also

the ability to increase their speed by a level, but a lot of them could. Of course, there were also students that

nearly every student could upgrade something of themselves to the next

take

a long time to unlock

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

single

Shang had closed a significant gap

said with an intense smirk. One

class that can fight me

the last fight because I underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings, and it won't

readied his sword.

nodded as he

Shang and Astor were focusing

class just to watch Astor

at Shang with

one knew what she

BANG!

but this time, he didn't use

a normal Affinity, just like all the

before Shang reached Astor, Astor swung his sword

account, and if Shang

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

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

the sword

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

he could simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm with his Mana, but he couldn't do that

his Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity,

Blast per fight