Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang left the third challenge and walked to the next room, which was where the rewards were stored.

He entered a rather sizable hall with five rows of floating items.

Most of the items were in the first row and the least in the fifth.

Shang could see all the items in the first four rows, but the single item in the fifth row was obscured by a barrier.

In front of the first row of items was a stele that explained everything.

"Congratulations on passing the trial!"

"Your performance has been judged to be Four Stars. You may choose one item amongst the first four rows."

'Four Stars?' Shang thought.

A little bit lower, Shang could see how the trial judged performances.

One Star: Get to the end.

Two Stars: Get to the end and fulfill the criterium for success for one of the first two challenges.

Three Stars: Get to the end and fulfill the criteria for success for both of the first two challenges.

Four Stars: Get to the end and achieve minor success on the first two challenges.

Five Stars: Get to the end and achieve major success on the first two challenges.

That answered some of the questions Shang had.

'It seems like the first two challenges were actually optional, and I only needed to get through the third one to get a reward.'

'I presume that knowing the level three Concepts for ice and fire would get someone a three-star evaluation. To get a four-star one, someone probably needs to push it even further.'

'The five-star one probably needs the level four Concepts for both of them.'

the Concept of Twilight, my Concepts of Addition and Subtraction can now exhibit the power of level three Concepts, which would allow them

Addition specialize in producing extreme results, it was enough to

need Subtraction, Addition, Incineration, and Blizzard. I don't think I would need Explosion or

nodded and looked at the items he could

filled with small piles of Grade Seven Mana

signifying properties in some

row had some

didn't recognize any of them, but he guessed that these

third row was filled

were probably Spells that past

person would even get the right

fourth row only

vouchers to access useful areas that helped in

see

But that didn't matter.

through it the normal way, Shang had achieved

to enter the room of rewards before it was destroyed

past the rewards, to one of the

BANG!

the wall into dust, revealing a barrier

identical to the other one, and since all the rewards were destroyed by the earth after I broke the big Magic Circle, this probably means that the barriers protecting all the

one, all the individual barriers will break, and I will have a moment to gather all

husk again as

above the

found one,' he thought. 'I won't overlook this the next

I will make individual barriers that will kill anyone that damages

Lucin sighed again.

'Fucking Death Mana.'

of minutes later, the ground above the trial sank

been buried

the ground exploded, and Shang floated out

as he looked at all

earned a