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 adding

Shang's eyes widened.

Astor before he charged

using some water, Astor had been able to completely conserve his

Water Affinity was

jumped to

beneath Astor's feet

then, Shang's eyes

time, he

pointed his left arm at

BANG!

wave of Ice Mana washed over Astor's entire body, but it only

CRK!

him

water, and his feet hit the ground unexpectedly, completely ruining

eyes shone as he charged at

powerful enough to freeze that much water

then why had it

had learned in teacher Niria's

a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the Ice

Why?

Mana into Ice Mana as long as there

beneath Astor's feet wasn't natural water, but water created

it with a lot

which meant that he wouldn't be able to control

And it had worked!

ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

ground as he slid forward. He was trying to regain

Shang closed in.

impossible for Astor to regain control of his sword in a

widened, and he threw his

rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

his sword and

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching

released his fist towards

expected

to throw his weapon away.

moment, Shang's

years of training

habit, Shang dropped his

wasn't even thinking

arm away by

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit, Shang jumped

to Astor's back as

was destroyed again, and he hit the

BANG!

Astor's back while clinging closely to