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.

more powerful, but

only been a

the last one," Shang said as

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

"Now, things are reversed."

said as he slowly walked

now, the students had calmed down, and

Late Soldier

they remembered that Shang was at

reach speeds above their level for

these

speeds by

had also

them could. Of course, there were also students that

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

take Shang's new

warriors had trained for a long time to

had been here,

just a single

a significant gap between

Astor said with an intense smirk. One

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

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

readied his sword. "Let's

as he

and Sarah," teacher Loran said while Shang and Astor were

entire class just to watch Astor

Shang with narrowed

what she was thinking

BANG!

again, but this time,

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 students with rare

reached Astor, Astor swung his sword

account, and if Shang accelerated, he would run right

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would

BANG!

it wasn't easy. Shang's entire body shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able

Ice," the

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

could simply 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

had a single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took a very