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.

Shang had become more powerful, but they hadn't

only

last one," Shang

then, I took you lightly, and I lost without even being able to

"Now, things are reversed."

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

now, the students had calmed down, and

been shocked since it was basically impossible for a Late Soldier Stage warrior to reach speeds

that Shang

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

could reach these

could reach these speeds by throwing himself forward with his

also unlocked

had the ability to increase their speed by a level, but a lot of them could. Of course, there were also students that could increase their power or their defense

upgrade something of themselves to the next level

one shouldn't take Shang's

had trained for a long

had been here,

just a single

significant gap

smirk. One could see burning battle

another person in our class that can fight me properly. You

underestimated you. That is one of my shortcomings,

sword.

as he readied

said while Shang and Astor were focusing on each

entire class just to watch Astor and

looked at Shang with

knew what she was

BANG!

charged forward again, but this time, he didn't

Affinity, just like all the other ones. Sure, it was on the rarer side, but the academy had

Shang reached Astor, Astor swung his

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

However, Shang didn't accelerate.

The swing would miss.

appeared below Astor's feet, and he got carried forward

Shang's eyes widened.

would

BANG!

and he heard his sword creak. Luckily, Astor hadn't been able to put his entire power

break. Block, Ice," the sword said in Shang's

wanted Shang to block with his Ice Affinity, but that was still a risk. After all, Shang could only release

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

if he suddenly showed a Fire Affinity, people would become

single Ice Blast per fight unless the fight took a very long