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.

Affinities and swordsmanship into separate categories

brows. "Can you explain

far weaker. It is definitely a

the ranged attack with an Affinity, you should also be able to

use our Affinity like this

his chin with furrowed brows as

Warriors like Mervin take advantage of their Affinities and increase the power of their techniques in this way. They never strike with only their weapons. In some form, their Affinity is always part

thought back to his fight with Mervin about 18

his Metal Affinity in nearly every attack.

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

can I

thought about his weapons

very defensive and with a heavy focus on a

was focused on unleashing few but very devastating and explosive

Saber was focused on a good number of attacks with

focused on rapid attacks that relied heavily

mostly used with

Ice Affinity wasn't really used in any of

Affinity wasn't used

mostly used with

is a lot of untapped

got

'Four Affinities.'

'Four weapons.'

distinguish the different weapons by also creating attacks that

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

the same time, my Ice Affinity can increase the power of my weapon, making it the opposite, but

but when it comes to attacks, it should be fine if I design my techniques around a

would I

Sword. My Long Sword

I would increase the power of my rapid attacks, while fire would do the same thing but in a different way. I could also use fire with the ranged technique

actually easier to 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

Great Sword should go with

pair Saber

my Colossal Sword with

only looked forward