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 Addition and Subtraction can now exhibit the power of level three

extreme results, it was enough to get

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

the

with small piles of

small emblems signifying properties

row had some

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

row was filled with

Books. He guessed that these were probably Spells that past Clouds had come up with, which would make them worth

even get the right to distribute

fourth row only had

were vouchers to access useful areas that helped

Shang couldn't see the last

But that didn't matter.

it the normal way, Shang had achieved

to enter the room of rewards before it was destroyed by

the rewards, to one of the

BANG!

dust, revealing a barrier behind

one, and since all the rewards were destroyed by the earth after I broke the big Magic Circle, this probably means

big one, all the individual barriers will break, and I will

husk again as

above the water,

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

that

Lucin sighed again.

'Fucking Death Mana.'

minutes later, the ground above

been

ground exploded, and Shang floated out

excited as he looked at all the rewards in his

earned a