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.

become more powerful, but they

had only been a

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

you lightly, and I lost without even being able to

"Now, things are reversed."

again," Shang said as

calmed down,

a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds equivalent to

they remembered that Shang was at the Peak

level for a short time. Shang definitely wasn't the only

could reach these

could reach these speeds by

also

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

student could upgrade something of themselves to

shouldn't take

for a long time to

had been

single

Shang had closed a significant

intense smirk. One could see burning battle intent

our class that can

underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings, and it

readied his sword. "Let's go

nodded as he

and Sarah," teacher Loran said while Shang and

wouldn't stop the entire class just to

looked at Shang with

knew what

BANG!

but this time, he didn't use his Ice

just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the rarer side, but the academy had plenty of

Shang reached Astor, Astor swung his sword

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

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!

Astor's 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 entire power into the swing. Otherwise,

break. Block, Ice," the sword said

but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only

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

he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become very interested in

that, Shang only had a single Ice Blast