Sword God in a World of Magic

The first lesson of the day: Swordsmanship.

A couple of students looked weirdly at Shang when they saw him.

They had heard of him before, but they hadn't expected him to be in their Grade. After all, Shang had never shown up to this lesson.

Most other students came from the yellow and blue factions, but there were also a couple of students with black, red, and green uniforms.

There were only five people from the Caterpillar Class in this lesson, and they had vouched for Shang when everyone inevitably started questioning why someone at the Peak Soldier Stage was in their Grade.

Teacher Mervin eventually arrived, and he began the lesson.

"Closing in on spear users," he announced.

After his announcement, a student at the Peak Soldier Stage walked forward.

He was tall, muscular, and had long green hair. A mighty spear was in his right hand.

None of the other students seemed surprised that the student was a level higher than them.

The student with the spear was someone in the Preparation Grade, and they were supposed to help the students in studying. He had to be more powerful to properly control his power and techniques against his opponents.

Of course, the student would earn quite some Contribution Points for performing this service.

After the student stepped forward, teacher Mervin called the first student to the front.

Teacher Mervin didn't explain anything.

He simply sent the student against the spear user.

"Level three," the student said, obviously familiar with how the lesson worked.

After that, the two students began fighting.

In just a couple of seconds, the sword user managed to get past the spear and reach the spear user's body.

At that point, the fight ended.

The two students parted ways, and the next student stepped up.

"Level three."

While one student after the other stepped forward, Shang asked one of the other Caterpillar Class students about what was going on.

The student told Shang that there were different levels of difficulty.

Level one was the easiest, while level five was the hardest.

If a student managed to beat level five, it meant that they could close in on a spear user a level above them.

There were only two students that beat that level, and both of them wore yellow uniforms.

the people from the Caterpillar Class managed

difference in techniques was

techniques of Soldier Stage warriors, which were themselves. The other students had access to techniques perfected over years by the most talented and experienced Commander

that couldn't be learned without proper guidance and a lot of

after time, and

from their back,

the impression that only someone at the General Stage could release their Affinity

that

couldn't manipulate their

could only

the difference between a

and practiced Mana movement to create a powerful

what if they didn't

they moved their Mana

that knew a technique could theoretically replicate the same thing

a completely new piece of

find it very hard to manipulate the Mana

incantation was the guideline that

thing applied to

in front of Shang could unleash their Affinity in this very specific way, but if they wanted to unleash their Affinity in a different way,

Mana, they could use it in

mastery was hard to achieve, and people

a shortcut and a guiding light to attacks and movements that should be beyond

the strength

was Shang's

"Level one," he said.

teacher about how the student should handle someone on his level, the fight

Shang due to his stronger body. At level one, the opponent only stabbed forward

two, the student also swung his spear from

the spear in several attacks to make

allowed to move around,

student could do whatever

two were very easy for Shang, but he failed level

his more powerful body, that basically meant that Shang was

would need to beat level five to reach the average of

other students only snorted at Shang's performance, but Shang didn't

was here to

only recently

time, he would gain experience,

hours, and he eventually managed to beat level three. He had watched how the other students managed to close the distance, and he tried to emulate some of these

just by watching, Shang had already learned a lot about fighting someone with a

walked to

Fire Mage," the Vice-Dean announced when the lesson

another theoretical lesson for the

three hours, Shang went to

Empress Cobra Zone," a teacher Shang

was a lesson for the blue uniforms and

events, and many other things. It was just a general overview of different