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, but they

had only been

last one," Shang said as he pulled

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

"Now, things are reversed."

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

now, the students had calmed down, and

they had been shocked since it was basically impossible for a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds equivalent to an Initial General Stage

they remembered that Shang was at

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

these

reach these speeds by throwing himself forward with

also unlocked

them could. Of course, there were also students that could increase their power or their

upgrade something of themselves to the next level for a short

one shouldn't take Shang's new power

had trained for a

had been here, he hadn't had this

a single

had closed a significant gap

smirk. One could see burning battle intent

there's another person in our class that can

That is one of my shortcomings, and it won't happen a second time," Astor

readied his sword. "Let's go

as

said while Shang and

class just to

looked at Shang with narrowed

knew what

BANG!

forward again, but this time,

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

reached Astor, Astor

and if Shang accelerated, he would run right into

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

feet, and

Shang's eyes widened.

swing would hit

BANG!

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

break. Block, Ice," the sword said in

Shang could only release his Ice Blast once before he needed some time for his arm to heat

simply use a Fire Blast and then quickly

Ice Affinity, and if he

only had a single Ice Blast per