Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang continued training inside the Caves.

For multiple years, Shang had seemingly vanished from the face of the world.

People knew about the mysterious Count Sword, but nearly all of them had never seen him.

Some of the people even doubted that Count Sword actually existed. After all, someone must have seen him somewhere, right?

However, deep in the Caves, Shang was training hard every single day.

He only focused on his own power, nothing else.

And his progress was astounding.

When Shang had just reached the Peak Commander Stage, he would have had a shot at killing an average Initial High Mage.

But now, Shang could even fight an Early High Mage, probably.

Shang's physical power had not increased in any way. His increase in power was all due to his diligent training in his Path.

As Shang continued training, George's Spear kept following him. It didn't help or come close, but it stayed in the same general vicinity of Shang.

Shang guessed that he and Sword were the closest people to George's Spear, which was why it was following them.

A couple of months passed.

One day, George's Spear approached Shang of its own volition.

Shang was a bit surprised since the spear had never initiated a conversation before.

Sword left Shang's hands and floated over to the spear, touching it.

"It is asking why you are not making use of your Affinities," Sword told Shang.

"Because I want to train in my swordsmanship," Shang answered, looking at the spear. "Right now, I am forging my Path, and I only use my Affinities in a genuine fight. If I used all my abilities the entire time, my opponents wouldn't be able to live for long."

George's Spear didn't move.

"It says that this was not what it meant," Sword said.

Shang raised an eyebrow.

says that splitting your Affinities and swordsmanship into separate categories is

furrowed his brows. "Can you explain what

weaker. It is definitely a technique designed for weapons, but its power gets elevated by using an

you can combine the ranged attack with an Affinity, you should also be

times before, but we only use our Affinity like this

his chin with furrowed

advantage of their Affinities and increase

fight with

had used his Metal Affinity in nearly every attack. It had made his sword

also remembered the different warriors he had fought in the trial. Even the average Late Commander Stage warrior used their Affinity in combination with their

into my techniques? Even more, how can I integrate them in a way that doesn't constantly sap

thought about his weapons and

very defensive and with a heavy focus on

unleashing few

a good number of attacks with a good amount of

rapid attacks that relied heavily on using Shang's life

Fire Affinity was mostly

Ice Affinity wasn't really used in any

Affinity wasn't

Darkness Affinity was mostly used with

of untapped potential there,'

got an

'Four Affinities.'

'Four weapons.'

can further distinguish the different weapons by also creating attacks that follow

Affinity is not very useful with my Colossal or Great Sword. The additional damage it provides is more

weapon, making it the opposite, but I rarely use

everything. Sure, I can still use ice and fire to move around, but

I assign

be my Long Sword. My Long Sword and my Darkness

one is a bit more difficult. For my Saber, I could imagine fire and ice. With ice, I would increase the power of my rapid attacks, while fire would do the same thing but in a

assign a partner to it. My Great Sword doesn't release many attacks, but they are all backed by its powerful weight and power. Fire is just like my Darkness Affinity, a per-hit thing. Ice increases the existing

should go

pair Saber with

my Colossal Sword

moment, Shang only