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

Shang's eyes widened.

Astor before he charged at Shang again like

water, Astor had been able to completely

Affinity was only useful

jumped to the side

beneath Astor's feet

then, Shang's eyes

time, he was

arm at Astor and

BANG!

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

CRK!

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

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

shone as he charged

enough to freeze that much

then why had

something he had learned

Zone had a partial

Why?

Ice Mana as long as there was more

Astor's feet wasn't natural water, but water created with Water

with a lot of Ice Mana, it would transform into

meant that he wouldn't be

And it had worked!

turned to ice, and Astor

Shang charged forward.

slid forward. He was trying to

Shang closed in.

to regain control of his sword in a short amount

he threw his

sword began to rotate, and the rotating hilt came between him and

BANG!

his sword and quickly

But he missed!

on instinct, and he

Astor released his fist towards Shang's

expected

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

that moment, Shang's mind shut

years

Shang dropped his

wasn't even thinking about his

arm away by the elbow while

Astor's eyes widened.

His attack had missed?!

habit,

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

was destroyed again, and he

BANG!

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