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,

had only been

our match before the last one," Shang

and I lost without even being able to show

"Now, things are reversed."

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

calmed down,

Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds equivalent

remembered that Shang

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

could reach these speeds with

could reach these speeds by

also unlocked this

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

of

shouldn't take Shang's new power

for a long time to

time Shang had been here,

single week,

that Shang had closed a significant gap between him and the other

One

there's another person in our class that can fight

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

readied his sword. "Let's

nodded as

said while Shang and Astor were focusing on

the entire class just to watch Astor

looked at Shang with narrowed

knew what she

BANG!

this time,

but just as expected, nobody had cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on

before Shang reached Astor, Astor

swing took Shang's potential, higher speed into account, and

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

would hit

BANG!

creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power into the swing. Otherwise, it would have broken Shang's

Block, Ice," the sword

still a risk. After all, Shang could only release

use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his arm with his Mana, but

public with his Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become very

a single Ice Blast per fight unless