Blade Over Magic

XanderwashailedasTheSwordmasteronearth.Whenitcametoblades,heheldnoequal.Itdidn'tmaterwhatcategoryorhowexperiencedhisopponentwas.Hewasjustbetter,andnonecoulddenyit.Yetallittookwasabullettoendhislife.Allthathardwork,allthattalent.Allofitgonebecauseofanidiotwithagun.SoXanderwasnaturallyindignantagainsttherealityofit.Whatwasthepoint,then?Whatwasthepurposeofachievingsuchmasteryifhislifecouldbesnuffedoutsoeasily?Hisfinalthoughtswerefilledwithresentmentandregret.Andsoheclosedhiseyes.Onlytoreopenthemagain.Butnotinahospital.Butinanentirelynewworld,filledwithmagicandmages.Xanderthoughtthatinaplacelikethis,hisdreamofmakingswordplayrelevantwouldbepossible.Buthewasdismayedtolearnthatnotonlyhadthebodyhetransmigratedtobeenincrediblyweakanduntalented,buttheactofswordfightingwasheavilylookeddownupon.MadeobsoletebymageswhochantedpowerfulspellsandunleashedthemfromadistanceYetonthevergeoflosinghope,hediscoveredsomething.Thisworld,it'sunderstandingofswordfightingwasn'tjustrudimentary.ItwasPATHETIC!Eliteknightsonlyknewhowtoswingharderandfaster!Therewasnotechnique!Noorder!Offended,Xandermadetouseablade.Evenifthepathwasdead,hewouldnotallowsomethingsosacredtohimbeinsultedsothoroughly.However,inthethroesofhisswordplay,hemadeadiscovery,onethatwouldshaketheveryfoundationsoftheworldaseveryoneknewit.Swordfightingwasn'tobsolete.No,itwassimplyunexplored!AndXander,withhisadequateknowledgeonhowtowieldabladerealized...“Theusageofswordswithpropertechnique,isaformofmagicinitself.”Andsobeginsthestoryofamanwhodecidedtoturntheentireworldofmagiconitshead,withaBlade.