Sword God in a World of Magic

So, what was Shang's plan?

He was quite sure that he was being watched by some powerful person from the Temple of Blood. However, he couldn't be sure why he was being watched.

Was it a test for the position of Sweeper?

Was it a loyalty test?

Was it a way to make him unveil some of his secrets?

Was his Battle-Strength being tested?

Depending on the answer, it was best to show different things.

If all of this happened simply to test his loyalty, the best course of action would be to take out his Communication Crystal and inform the Keeper that Ice Princess had betrayed them.

Shang wouldn't need to kill anyone, and he wouldn't need to show his power.

Technically, Ice Princess' betrayal was not his problem. He was not a Sweeper.

Named Agents were instructed to try to stop the betrayer if they were confident in their power, but they were also free to simply retreat. In both cases, the Keeper of their branch had to be informed.

However, what if this was a test to see how strong Shang actually was?

Theoretically, if Shang's Battle-Strength were actually as outstanding as the Keeper had claimed, Shang should have the ability to fight the two Mages or delay them at least.

If Shang just decided to retreat and call the Keeper, it essentially meant that Shang didn't have the Battle-Strength that the Keeper claimed.

At least, that would be what the watcher of this situation would think.

grip around his Long

but I trust in her intelligence. Antagonizing me now would be pointless. Either she would gain a powerful enemy, or she would have to kill one of her best

just done so. Because of that, even if the person that sees me finds

but I won't show

down, but with only half of my Affinities,

only taken a tiny moment, and the two Mages above Shang

Mage shouted as

hadn't seen Shang, but her instincts were screaming at her. Her instincts were telling her that she had to be careful and that something was

spirals of metallic wind shot past Ice Princess, curving

foreign Mage had a dual Affinity of

vastly rarer than Mixed

things like Temperature, Poison, or Twilight. They were one thing

hand, dual Affinities represented two separate things one person had an Affinity

still separate and their own thing, but that also meant that the person had a full

person had 100 points of talent for their one Affinity, someone with a Mixed Affinity of Poison, for example, would have 30 points in Darkness,

Darkness and Water was not even nearly enough to make it part of someone's

to focus all of their mind on

two things each. This meant that

Magic, having dual

just like with everything else,

Both Affinities demanded attention.

High Mage after comprehending a level one Concept, a person with dual Affinities needed to comprehend two

comprehend more Concepts regardless, but this restriction made it impossible for someone

all the way, or they

was either above average at least

reach the High Mage Realm, and live out the

All or nothing.

Success or failure.