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.

knew that Shang had become more powerful, but they

had only been a

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

lost without even being able to show my

"Now, things are reversed."

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

had calmed down, and

a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach

they remembered that Shang

reach speeds above their level for a short time. Shang definitely wasn't

could reach these speeds

by throwing

had also unlocked this

to increase their speed by a level, but a lot of them could.

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

one shouldn't take Shang's new

for a

had been here, he hadn't had this

a single

significant gap between him and

One could see

another person in our class that

I underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings,

his sword.

as he readied

while Shang

stop the entire class just

looked at Shang with

one knew what she was

BANG!

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

before Shang reached Astor, Astor swung

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

feet, and he

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would

BANG!

sword blocked 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

the sword said in

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

if he suddenly showed a Fire

that, Shang only had a single Ice Blast per