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, but they hadn't expected something like

only been a

our match before the last one,"

I lost without even being able to show my

"Now, things are reversed."

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

calmed

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

Shang

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

reach these speeds with his

by

had also unlocked

every student had the ability to increase their speed by a level, but a lot of them could.

nearly every student could upgrade something of themselves to the next level for a

take

warriors had trained for a long time to

Shang had been

in just a single

had closed a significant gap between him and

said with an intense smirk. One could

in our class that can fight me properly. You didn't disappoint,

is one of

sword. "Let's

as

while Shang and Astor were

wouldn't stop the entire class just to watch Astor

at Shang with

what she was

BANG!

but this time,

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

reached Astor,

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

Luckily, Astor hadn't been

the sword said in

Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before

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

had decided to go public with his Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly

of that, Shang only had a single Ice Blast per