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

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 Named Agents. There's no benefit

as his stance lowered. 'If you wanted to kill me, you would've just done so. Because of that, even if the person that sees me finds out I'm a warrior,

deal with those two, but I won't show my

be confident in being able to take them down, but with only half of my Affinities, this won't

only taken a tiny moment, and the two Mages

the green-haired Mage shouted as she

her instincts were screaming at her. Her instincts were telling her that she had to be careful and that something was targeting her

Ice Princess, curving around her body

dual Affinity of Wind and

Affinities were vastly

Affinities were things like Temperature, Poison, or Twilight. They were one thing that was made up of

two separate things one person

own thing, but that also meant that the person

of Poison, for

points in Darkness and Water was not even nearly enough to make it part of someone's main strength. At most, it would help them comprehend

focus all of

person would have 100 points in two things each. This meant that they were just as talented in

Magic, having dual Affinities was objectively

like with everything else,

Both Affinities demanded attention.

a level one Concept, a person with dual Affinities needed to comprehend two

Concepts regardless, but this restriction

the

was either above average at least or not

Affinities couldn't just comprehend one level one Concept, reach the High Mage

All or nothing.

Success or failure.