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 hadn't expected something like

had only

for our match before the last one," Shang said as he pulled his sword

and I lost

"Now, things are reversed."

Let's go again," Shang said as he slowly walked back to his starting

the students had calmed down, and their

a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds equivalent to

then they remembered that Shang was

level for a short time. Shang definitely wasn't

reach these speeds with his

reach these speeds by

had also

a lot of them

could upgrade something of themselves to

shouldn't take Shang's new power

warriors had trained for a long

had been here, he hadn't

just a single week, he

significant gap between

Astor said with an intense smirk. One could see

that can fight me

underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings, and it won't happen a second time,"

readied his sword. "Let's go

nodded as he readied

teacher Loran said while Shang and

class just to watch Astor and

Shang with

one knew what she was

BANG!

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

Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the rarer side, but the academy had

reached Astor, Astor swung

and if

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

Astor's feet, and he got carried forward by

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

Shang's entire body shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't

Ice," the sword said in Shang's

obviously wanted Shang to block with his Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he needed

and then quickly heal his

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

had a single Ice Blast per