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 stupid,"

his brows. "Can you explain what you

take the ranged technique you earned as an example. Using it without an Affinity makes it far weaker. It is definitely a technique

Affinity, you should also be able to combine other attacks with your

only use our Affinity

chin with furrowed

the Path of someone that didn't have access to an Affinity. 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.

thought back to his fight with Mervin

Mervin had used his Metal Affinity in nearly every attack. It had made his sword move faster and release more

in the trial. Even the average Late Commander Stage warrior used their Affinity in

can I

about his weapons and about

was very defensive and with a heavy

focused on unleashing few but very devastating and

Saber was focused on a good number

on rapid attacks that relied

Fire Affinity was mostly

really used in any of

Light Affinity wasn't

mostly used

lot of untapped potential

Shang got

'Four Affinities.'

'Four weapons.'

the different weapons by also creating attacks that follow one of the

with my Colossal or Great Sword. The additional damage it provides is more

of my weapon, making it the opposite, but I

need to use everything with everything. Sure, I can still use ice and fire to move around, but when it comes to attacks, it should be fine if I design my techniques around a certain

I assign

my Long Sword. My Long Sword and my Darkness Affinity perfectly go

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

but it's 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

Great Sword should

pair

Colossal Sword

moment, Shang only