Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang was stuck between three choices.

Charge at Astor with his Ice Blast.

Try to evade the strike and counter.

Try to evade with his Ice Blast.

All of them had different advantages and disadvantages.

In the end, Shang went with the second option.

Why?

Because he needed his Ice Blast to end the fight.

He couldn't reliably end the fight by charging in now.

If he evaded with his Ice Blast, he would be on the safe side, but he would lose his best shot at winning against Astor.

Astor's defense was incredible, and without a severe speed advantage, Shang couldn't break through it.

So, Shang ran into the distance.

Astor had already built up his momentum, and he would soon jump forward with his sword.

It was essentially the same situation as when Shang had first fought Astor.

But this time, Shang's instincts had been honed a lot more. On top of that, he had seen that attack before, and he knew of a good way to evade it.

By widening the distance between them, Astor's momentum would weaken on his way to Shang.

And then, Astor unleashed his strike.

BOOM!

The earth cracked beneath him as his body was thrown forward with his sword.

Shang saw Astor approach, and he was sure that Astor was even faster than back then.

Obviously, Astor hadn't unleashed his full power in their first fight.

Shang jumped to the side.

At that moment, water appeared beneath Astor's feet, and he slid to the side while keeping hold of his sword.

Astor had slid more to the side than Shang due to his higher momentum.

Shang could only jump to the ground to let the sword pass above him.

Astor's strike missed, and Shang quickly slashed at where Astor should be.

Yet, Astor had already passed by Shang.

More water appeared beneath him as his body rotated.

Then, the water vanished.

the trajectory of his

Shang's eyes widened.

stop Astor before he charged at Shang

had been able to completely

a Water Affinity was

jumped to the side

beneath Astor's feet

Shang's eyes

time, he

his left arm at

BANG!

of Ice Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but

CRK!

Astor's eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a moment,

his feet hit the ground unexpectedly,

shone as he charged

definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much water

had

remembered something he had learned

had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the Ice Wyvern

Why?

could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as long as there was more

wasn't natural water, but water created with

could blast it with a lot of Ice Mana, it

Affinity, which meant that he wouldn't be able to

And it had worked!

to ice,

Shang charged forward.

knees hit the ground as he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

control of his sword in a short

and he threw his sword

the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

with his sword

But he missed!

on instinct, and he

his fist towards Shang's

hadn't expected this

the one to throw his weapon away. He hadn't met

Shang's mind

years

habit, Shang dropped

Shang wasn't even thinking

pushed Astor's arm away by the elbow

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit,

knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled

was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

back while clinging