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.

Astor shouted as he changed the trajectory of his sword while

Shang's eyes widened.

couldn't stop Astor before he charged

Astor had been able to

Affinity

to the side

appeared beneath Astor's feet

then, Shang's

he was

arm at Astor and

BANG!

washed over Astor's entire body,

CRK!

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

lost control over his water, and his feet

as

Ice Blast definitely wasn't powerful enough to freeze that

had it suddenly

remembered something he had learned in teacher Niria's

Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the Ice

Why?

could transform Water Mana into Ice

wasn't natural water, but water

as Shang could blast it with a lot of Ice Mana, it would transform

which meant that he wouldn't be able to control

And it had worked!

ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

he slid forward. He was

Shang closed in.

Astor to regain control of his sword in a short

widened, and he threw his sword

rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

his sword and quickly

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with

Astor released his fist towards

expected

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

that moment, Shang's

instincts honed over years

habit, Shang dropped

Shang wasn't even thinking about

Astor's arm away by the elbow while taking

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit,

Astor's back as Shang

was destroyed again, and he

BANG!

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