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.

trajectory of his sword while adding more power to

Shang's eyes widened.

couldn't stop Astor before he charged at Shang again like

had been able to completely

said a Water Affinity was only useful

jumped to

appeared beneath

Shang's

time, he

left arm at Astor and unleashed an Ice

BANG!

washed over Astor's entire body, but it only counted as

CRK!

Astor's eyes widened in horror as the water beneath him hardened, and in just a moment, it had transformed into

lost control over his water, and his feet

shone as

enough to

had it

remembered something he had learned in teacher Niria's

Zone had a partial Water Affinity, they avoided the Ice Wyvern

Why?

could transform Water Mana into Ice Mana as

wasn't natural

it with a lot of Ice Mana, it

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

And it had worked!

turned to ice, and Astor lost his

Shang charged forward.

slid forward. He was trying to regain his

Shang closed in.

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

widened, and he

the rotating hilt came between

BANG!

blocked the hilt with his sword and

But he missed!

sidestepped on instinct, and he was approaching Shang with a raised

Astor released his fist

hadn't expected

weapon away.

Shang's mind shut

instincts honed over years of training

of habit, Shang

this moment, Shang wasn't even

Astor's arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

of habit,

as Shang pulled

destroyed again, and he

BANG!

back while