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.

charged at Shang again like a

using some water, Astor had been able to completely conserve

Affinity was only useful for

jumped to the side

beneath Astor's

Shang's eyes

he

arm at Astor and unleashed

BANG!

washed over Astor's entire body, but it only

CRK!

water beneath him hardened,

his water, and his feet hit

as

wasn't powerful enough

why had it

something he had learned in teacher Niria's

a partial Water Affinity, they

Why?

into Ice Mana as long

natural water, but

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

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

And it had worked!

turned to ice,

Shang charged forward.

he slid forward. He was trying to regain

Shang closed in.

impossible for Astor to regain control of his sword in a short

widened, and he threw his

rotate, and the rotating

BANG!

blocked the hilt with his

But he missed!

on instinct, and he

released his

expected

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

moment, Shang's mind

instincts honed over years of training took

Shang

wasn't even

arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit,

left knee went to Astor's back as Shang pulled his arm

was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

knee on Astor's back while clinging