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.'

can now exhibit the power of level three Concepts,

specialize in producing extreme results, it was

a five-star one, I would probably need Subtraction, Addition, Incineration, and Blizzard. I don't

nodded and looked at the items

with small piles of Grade

small emblems signifying properties

had some herbs and

he guessed that these were probably worth more than the piles

was

these were Spell Books. He guessed that these were probably Spells that past Clouds had come up with, which would make them worth a lot

get the right to distribute these

fourth row only had

useful areas that helped

Shang couldn't see

But that didn't matter.

trial and getting through it

of rewards before

the rewards, to

BANG!

wall into dust, revealing a

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 individual rewards are probably connected to the big

the individual barriers will break, and

again as he

above the water,

found one,' he thought. 'I

will make individual barriers that will kill anyone that damages

Lucin sighed again.

'Fucking Death Mana.'

the ground above the

trial had been buried by the

ground exploded, and

Shang actually felt a bit excited as he looked at

had earned a