Sword God in a World of Magic

During the first Day of Chaos, Shang had been under Yiral's protection the entire time. If Yiral hadn't been there, Shang would have died many times over.

During the second Day of Chaos, Shang managed to survive on his own. Well, at least as long as one ignored all the guards that dealt with all the beasts.

Shang had learned even more during his second Day of Chaos, and he took a several-days-long break from his classes to work on his own fighting style.

Shang returned to class, but his Battle-Strength seemingly hadn't changed.

That was because he was fighting humans.

When it came to beasts, Shang had become much more powerful over the last couple of days.

A month passed.

"Guess who's back!" Astor shouted with a wide smile as he arrived at the Preparation Grade Caterpillar Class lesson.

Astor had reached the Peak Soldier Stage!

Shang only smirked.

The two of them quickly fought.

Shang lost horribly.

By now, Shang was slightly above-average in the Preparation Grade Caterpillar Class, while Astor was outstanding.

He could already attempt to fight for the top spot in the Preparation Grade.

After the fight, Astor looked at Shang with shock.

"Man, you've become really powerful!" he said. "It's hard to imagine that you have only been here for a bit more than half a year!"

Yes, Astor had won convincingly, but the fight hadn't been easy for him. He didn't need to unleash his Affinity, but he had to fight with everything else he had.

For the first time, Shang could see his actual progress.

Astor was no longer a level weaker than Shang, but Shang had still managed to fight him for quite some time.

Of course, this fight had been a one-time thing. Shang was still a bit too weak to teach Astor something right now.

Because of that, Shang had to fight someone else from the Preparation Grade while Astor fought the most powerful students.

Another month passed.

"You will join the next practical lesson and watch from the side."

Shang looked with shock at the person that had suddenly spoken to him.

It was Vice-Dean Ranos!

Vice-Dean Ranos had never spoken to Shang!

"Yes?" Shang asked.

"You should know enough about Mages by now, and the Dean needs you to prove your power against Mages in the future," Vice-Dean Ranos told Shang. "The procedure is to close the gap between warriors and Mages, and winning against Mages is the best way to prove that the procedure works."

"For now, you don't need to fight them. Simply watch the other students fight them and learn from their fights."

Shang only nodded. "Alright. I also think it might be time for me to see how warriors and Mages fight."

Vice-Dean

the red uniforms of the Preparation Grade

saw the students fight

It was a massacre.

control over their Affinities

it would only grow more and more pronounced the more powerful everyone

only managed

the Apprentices didn't ridicule the warriors. Instead, they were

none of the fights were

he realized the most important things when it came to fighting

these things were identical to what one needed

Speed, adaptability, and flexibility.

had to close the distance to be a threat to a Mage, which made speed

to counter the multitude of Spells the Mages shot

flexibility was important to dodge the

were important against

that, most of his nervousness left

style to fight Mages. Luckily, his fighting style against beasts

this day, Shang joined the red uniforms every weak to watch

red uniforms also warmed up to

of them were normal people

had done something to them in the

feared the oppressive

to fight against the most powerful

Everyone had different reasons.

Another month passed.

with a polite smile as he joined the Preparation Grade for the Caterpillar

he saw Mattheo,

learned a lot about battle and

the first time, Shang could feel

a warrior, Mattheo was great, but

as a Mage, Mattheo was absolutely

Shang stood in front of Mattheo, he felt

in front

smiled politely. "You've made

how

was an absolute

before," Mattheo

took a deep

powerful, but as

of

Who won?

Mattheo.

had

his abilities

good, but that was not the impressive

how much Shang had grown in the

became Shang's main opponent. The two of them were simply perfect for each other since their power was about

Another month passed.

the clerk in the Hunting

hunted it," Shang said

with suspicion, but he

the corpse of

recently, and it had increased his power