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 they hadn't

only

the last one," Shang said as

you lightly, and I lost without

"Now, things are reversed."

this one. Let's go again," Shang said as he

students had calmed down, and their

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

remembered that Shang was at the Peak Soldier

speeds above their level for

these speeds with his

speeds by throwing himself forward

had also

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

of themselves to the

one shouldn't take Shang's new power

a

Shang had been here, he hadn't had

a single

meant that Shang had closed a significant gap between him and

One could see burning battle intent in

another person in our class that can fight me properly.

underestimated you. That is one

readied his sword. "Let's go

nodded as

Shang and

entire class

Shang with

knew what she was

BANG!

but this time, he didn't use

cared. Ice was a normal Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was

Shang reached Astor, Astor swung

into account, and if Shang accelerated, he would run right

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

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

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

body shook, and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power into the swing.

break. Block, Ice," the sword said in

Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he needed some time for his arm to heat up

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

his Ice Affinity, and if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become very interested in

a single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took