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

and Addition specialize in producing extreme results, it was enough to

five-star one, I would probably need Subtraction, Addition, Incineration, and

the items he could choose

filled with small piles of Grade

emblems signifying properties in some cities or

row had some herbs and

any of them, but he guessed that these were probably

row was filled

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

would even get the right

row only

three were vouchers to access useful areas that helped in

couldn't see the last

But that didn't matter.

it the normal way, Shang

room of rewards before it was destroyed

rewards,

BANG!

the wall into dust, revealing a

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

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

a husk again as he continued touching the

above the water, Lucin

he thought. 'I won't overlook this the

I will make individual barriers that will kill

Lucin sighed again.

'Fucking Death Mana.'

minutes later, the ground above the trial sank

had been

later, the ground exploded, and Shang floated out

a bit excited as he looked at all the rewards

had earned a