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.

around his Long Sword

don't think that the Keeper would want to unveil my secret for nothing. I don't trust in her goodwill, but I trust in her intelligence. Antagonizing me now would be pointless. Either she would gain a powerful enemy, or

Shang thought 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, they won't

those two, but I

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

this had only taken a tiny moment, and the two Mages above

green-haired Mage shouted as

instincts were telling her

Ice Princess, curving around her body and shooting

had a dual

were vastly rarer than Mixed

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

other hand, dual Affinities represented two

their own thing, but that also meant that the person had a full Affinity for both

of Poison, for example, would have 30 points

not even nearly enough to make it part of someone's main strength. At

focus all of their mind

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

Magic, having dual Affinities

like with everything else, there was a

Both Affinities demanded attention.

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

it was better to comprehend more Concepts regardless, but this restriction made it impossible for someone to lead a

the way, or

was either above average

comprehend one level one Concept, reach the High Mage Realm, and live out the remainder

All or nothing.

Success or failure.