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.

shouted as he changed the trajectory of his sword

Shang's eyes widened.

before he charged at Shang again

water, Astor had been able to

said a Water Affinity was only useful

jumped to the side

beneath Astor's feet

then, Shang's eyes

he was

pointed his left arm at Astor

BANG!

Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but it only counted as a

CRK!

widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a moment, it

lost control over his water, and his feet hit the ground unexpectedly, completely ruining

shone as

definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that much water

why had

remembered something he had learned

Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the Ice Wyvern

Why?

Mana into Ice Mana as long as there was

natural water, but

it with a lot of Ice Mana,

an Ice Affinity, which meant that he wouldn't be able to control it

And it had worked!

had turned to ice, and

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

Astor to regain control of his sword in a short amount

and he threw his sword

the rotating

BANG!

the hilt with his sword and

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he

his

hadn't expected

throw his weapon away.

Shang's

over years

of habit, Shang dropped

wasn't

by the elbow

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit, Shang jumped

to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm

was destroyed again, and he hit

BANG!

landed with his left knee on Astor's back while clinging closely to his arm