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.'

power of level three Concepts, which would

in producing extreme results,

I would probably need Subtraction, Addition, Incineration, and Blizzard.

and looked at the

first row was filled with small piles of Grade Seven Mana

emblems signifying properties in some cities

row had some herbs and

them, but he guessed that these

third row was filled

see, these were Spell Books. He guessed that these were probably Spells that past Clouds had

person would even get the

row only had

access useful areas that helped

see the

But that didn't matter.

trial and getting through it the normal

room of rewards before

walked past the rewards,

BANG!

into dust, revealing a barrier

I broke

soon as I break the big one, all the individual barriers will

into a husk again as he continued touching the

the water, Lucin

thought.

barriers that will kill anyone that damages

Lucin sighed again.

'Fucking Death Mana.'

of minutes later, the

been buried by the

seconds later, the ground exploded, and Shang floated out of

he looked at all the

a