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.

splitting your Affinities and swordsmanship

his brows. "Can

should take the ranged technique you earned as an example. Using it without an Affinity makes it far weaker. It is definitely a technique designed for weapons, but

the ranged attack with an Affinity, you

we only use our Affinity like this with the ranged technique, not with everything

his chin with furrowed brows as he

like Mervin take advantage of their Affinities and increase the power of their

to his fight with Mervin

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

Even the average Late Commander Stage warrior used

my Affinities into my techniques? Even more, how can I integrate them in a

weapons and about his

Sword was very defensive and with a heavy focus on

focused on unleashing few but very devastating and explosive

number of attacks with

on rapid attacks that relied

was mostly used with

wasn't really used in any of

wasn't

Affinity was mostly used with

is a lot of untapped potential there,' Shang

got

'Four Affinities.'

'Four weapons.'

the different weapons by also creating attacks that follow one

are suitable for all weapons. For example, my Darkness Affinity is not very useful with my Colossal or Great Sword. The additional damage it provides is more of a

my Ice Affinity can increase the power of my weapon, making it the opposite, but I rarely use it in such a way since it wouldn't be worth

ice and fire to move around, but when it comes to attacks,

I

easiest would be my Long Sword. My Long Sword and my

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 different way. I could also use fire with the ranged technique while using

My Great Sword doesn't release many attacks, but they are all backed by its powerful weight and power.

should

pair Saber

my Colossal Sword

only looked forward with