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.

as he changed the trajectory of his sword while adding

Shang's eyes widened.

before he charged at Shang again like

by using some water, Astor had been able

a Water Affinity was only useful

jumped to the side

appeared beneath Astor's

then, Shang's

he

pointed his left arm at

BANG!

washed over Astor's entire body, but it only

CRK!

eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just

his water, and his feet hit the

eyes shone as he

powerful enough to freeze

had it

had learned in

a partial Water Affinity, they avoided

Why?

into Ice Mana as long as

wasn't natural water, but water created with Water

with a lot of Ice

which meant that he wouldn't be able to

And it had worked!

turned to ice, and Astor lost

Shang charged forward.

he slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

was impossible for Astor to regain control of his sword

he

sword began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

blocked the hilt with his sword

But he missed!

and he

his fist towards Shang's

hadn't expected

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

moment, Shang's mind

instincts honed over years

Shang dropped

this moment, Shang wasn't even thinking

by the elbow while taking a

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit,

back as Shang pulled his arm to

balance was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

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