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 allow

in producing extreme results, it was

probably need Subtraction, Addition, Incineration, and Blizzard. I don't

and looked at the items he could choose

piles of

were also some small emblems signifying

had some

that these were probably

row was filled with

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

get the right to distribute these

fourth row only

were vouchers to access useful areas

see the

But that didn't matter.

trial and getting through it the normal way, Shang had achieved

had managed to enter the room of rewards

the rewards, to one

BANG!

punched the wall into dust, revealing a barrier behind

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

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

body transformed into a husk again as he continued touching

above the water,

you found one,' he thought.

individual barriers that will kill

Lucin sighed again.

'Fucking Death Mana.'

couple of minutes later, the ground above

trial had been buried by the

exploded, and Shang

Shang actually felt a bit excited as he looked at all the rewards

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