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

followed the red uniforms of the Preparation Grade to

the students fight each

It was a massacre.

already received their Pure Mana Sources, which meant that their control over their Affinities had spiked to a ridiculous degree.

more and more pronounced the

specialized in dealing with Mages only managed to win one out of every

warriors. Instead, they

fight, none of the

students fight, he realized the most important things when it came to fighting

Shang's surprise and delight, these things were identical

Speed, adaptability, and flexibility.

the distance to be a threat to a Mage, which

important to counter the multitude of Spells the Mages

flexibility was important to dodge the

things were important against beasts

Shang realized that, most of his

that he had to create another fighting style to fight Mages. Luckily, his fighting style against beasts was already perfect for

day, Shang joined the red uniforms every

also warmed up to Shang and

them were normal people that had something against

had done something to them in

they simply feared the oppressive

against the most powerful humans in the

Everyone had different reasons.

Another month passed.

of me," Mattheo said with a polite smile as he joined the Preparation Grade for the

Mattheo, but that was quickly replaced by deep

Shang had learned a lot about battle

Shang could

great, but he wasn't

Mage, Mattheo was absolutely

front of Mattheo, he felt

was like Shang was standing in front of someone

politely. "You've made terrifying progress, Shang," he

know how to answer

an absolute

never fought before," Mattheo

took a deep

terrifyingly powerful, but as

two of them

Who won?

Mattheo.

had

abilities as a warrior to

good, but that

was how much Shang had

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

Another month passed.

you get that?" the

it," Shang said

at Shang with suspicion, but he paid the money

just delivered the corpse of an Initial General Stage

recently, and it had increased his power by a lot, allowing