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 while adding

Shang's eyes widened.

stop Astor before he charged at Shang again like a

water, Astor had been able to completely

Affinity was only useful for

to the

beneath Astor's feet

then, Shang's eyes

he was

arm at Astor and unleashed an Ice

BANG!

Astor's entire body, but

CRK!

beneath him hardened,

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

as he

definitely wasn't powerful enough to

why had

remembered something he had learned in teacher Niria's

Cobra Zone had a partial Water

Why?

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

wasn't natural

a lot of Ice Mana, it

an Ice Affinity, which meant that he

And it had worked!

ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid forward. He

Shang closed in.

impossible for Astor to regain control of his sword in a

widened, and he threw

the rotating

BANG!

hilt with his

But he missed!

had sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with

released his fist towards

hadn't expected

throw his weapon away. He hadn't met someone else that

Shang's

honed over years

habit, Shang

Shang wasn't even thinking

by

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang

knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled

was destroyed again, and

BANG!

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