Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang opened his eyes deep in the night. Due to the Day of Chaos, Shang had decided to sleep again.

The last couple of days had already been a pain. The bloodied face had returned from time to time in the last couple of days. It wasn't nearly as bad as back then, but it was still very noticeable.

The last night had been horrible. Just like before, Shang felt his entire world break down as he tried to sleep. Everything had appeared hopeless and senseless.

But, eventually, Shang managed to go to sleep.

He wasn't sure what he had dreamt about, but he was pretty sure that he had dreamt of something bad.

Why?

Because Shang found spots of blood on his bed.

He guessed that he had probably scratched himself bloody during his sleep, and due to his high tolerance for pain, he didn't even wake up.

However, as a new day began, Shang felt much better.

Last night, he had felt horrible, which stood in stark contrast to how Shang felt right now.

He was alert and full of energy.

Shang stood up, showered, and shaved.

After getting dressed, Shang looked at his bed.

It was filled with dried blood, and it smelled quite badly.

He had done that.

'Moment of weakness,' Shang thought. 'I have to get used to the crueler side of the world. The more used I get to everything, the easier my life will become.'

Shang kept looking at the bloodstains.

To him, it felt like he was leaving his old self behind.

Shang dissociated from his past self last night.

"Well, doesn't matter. Let's go," Shang said to Sword.

Yes, that was the name of Shang's sword, Sword.

After they had trained a couple of times, Shang had found out that he didn't know Sword's name, which was why he had asked.

Sword simply said that it was a sword, and it wanted to be called as such.

Shang had asked why Sword didn't want a unique name.

Sword's answer was that its name would eventually be unique.

One day, if someone said the word sword, they would think of Sword.

It was not a sword.

It was the Sword!

it a bit weird to refer to a sword as Sword, but if that was what it

room and walked out towards the courtyard of the academy. It was still dark, but

There were about 50.

best of the best in

The best hunters.

The best officers.

The best soldiers.

of them were the best in theory regarding one of

were the best when it came to using their

best

was one very surprising

the 50

nearly

red uniforms in the academy,

Shang quickly realized

that he had five spots and that he could only take five people

the Vice-Dean wouldn't only look at the Advanced Grade. What about the

Beginner Grade here, which was understandable. They were still too weak and too new. They wouldn't

several students of the Intermediate,

had five spots per grade, he was the

that moment,

and they rarely visit other lessons. They are also the only ones that have a Vice-Dean

are completely separate from

since we can't learn the actual techniques of the school, but we

now, they are the most numerous students

hadn't noticed it previously, but as he saw so many red uniforms, he

focus on

was like they were the

"Shang?"

who looked at him with

"Yes?" Shang asked.

doing here?"

the token he had received and showed it to Astor.

and confusion

It was real.

But how?

Shang, but he also knew very

was so young, he

order to get an emblem, one needed to

liked Shang, but he also knew that Shang definitely

learn everything was to know about the surroundings. That meant that he also couldn't have been chosen

Shang was weak.

knew basically nothing about

did Shang manage to get

actually some hidden progeny of a

son of the King of

anyone unless the other side could be a

Mages were

just as surprised