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.'

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

Subtraction and Addition specialize in producing extreme results, it was enough to get a four-star

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

the items he

first row was filled with small piles of Grade Seven Mana Crystals, each one

some small emblems signifying properties in some cities or

had some

he guessed that these were probably worth more than the piles of

third row was filled

probably Spells that past Clouds had

person would even get the right to distribute

only

useful

couldn't see the

But that didn't matter.

trial and getting through it the normal way,

of rewards before it was destroyed by

rewards, to one of

BANG!

wall into dust, revealing

and since all the rewards were destroyed by the earth after I

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

husk again as he continued touching

the

one,' he thought. 'I won't

individual barriers that

Lucin sighed again.

'Fucking Death Mana.'

of minutes later, the ground above the

trial had been buried by

later, the ground exploded, and

felt a bit excited as he looked

a lot of