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.'

of Twilight, my Concepts of Addition and Subtraction can now exhibit the power

in producing extreme results, it was enough to get a

Addition, Incineration, and

at the items he could

piles of Grade Seven Mana Crystals, each one consisting of

were also some small emblems signifying properties in some cities

row had

them, but he guessed that these were probably worth more

was

these were Spell Books. He guessed that these were probably Spells that past Clouds had come up

even get the right to distribute

fourth row only had three

to access useful areas that helped in

Shang couldn't see the last

But that didn't matter.

trial and getting through it the normal way,

managed to enter the room of

the rewards, to one

BANG!

dust, revealing

room of rewards is probably identical to the other one, and since all the rewards were destroyed by the earth after I

barriers will break, and I will have a

a husk again as he continued touching

the water, Lucin

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

I will make individual barriers that will kill anyone

Lucin sighed again.

'Fucking Death Mana.'

minutes later, the ground above the trial

had been buried by the

later, the ground exploded, and Shang floated out of

bit excited as he looked

a lot of