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

the last one," Shang said as he pulled his

lightly, and I lost without even being able

"Now, things are reversed."

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

now, the students had calmed down, and

for a Late

then they remembered that Shang

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

these speeds

reach these speeds by

Shang had also

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

could upgrade something of themselves to the next

shouldn't take Shang's

trained for a long time to unlock

Shang had been here, he hadn't had this

in just a single week,

significant gap between him and

smirk. One could see burning battle

there's another person in our class that

you. That is one of my shortcomings, and

readied his sword. "Let's go

nodded as he readied

Sarah," teacher Loran said while Shang and Astor were

class just to watch

looked at Shang

knew what

BANG!

this time, he

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

Shang reached Astor, Astor swung his

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

below Astor's feet, and he

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would hit

BANG!

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 his entire power into the swing. Otherwise, it would have broken

Ice," the sword said

risk. After all, Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before

wild, he could simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly heal his

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

a single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took