Sword God in a World of Magic

When Mervin heard that, his eyebrows shot up in surprise.

Shang was also quite surprised. "The dean wants to see me?" he asked.

Soran nodded. "Follow me," he said as he turned around.

Shang looked at Mervin, but Mervin only shrugged. "I wanted to show you where you can deliver the corpse to, but I might as well do that for you now. I will add the contribution points to your emblem when you get it."

Shang nodded. He guessed that the emblem Mervin referred to was probably some form of identification, similar to the ID cards in companies on Earth.

Shang handed the Beast Sack over to Mervin and followed Soran.

Soran led Shang to the side of a hallway and up some flights of stairs.

"Why does the dean want to see me? Is that normal for new students?" Shang asked.

"I don't know, and no," Soran said. "Usually, It's either the other Vice-Dean that welcomes the new students or me. The dean doesn't come into contact with students much."

Some seconds of silence passed as they climbed up another flight of stairs.

"So, am I part of the academy now?" Shang asked.

"That's up to the dean," Soran answered. "I gave him the report, but before he gave his okay, he told me to bring you to him."

Shang didn't answer as his brows furrowed.

Why would the dean want to meet him?

Sure, Shang had great instincts, but Soran and Mervin were acting like this was something unusual. If it were normal for talented students to meet the dean, they wouldn't have acted in such a manner.

When they reached the fifth floor, the highest floor, the two of them went back to the hallway.

"This floor is reserved for the teachers," Soran explained. "Students are forbidden from accessing this floor without being accompanied by a teacher."

Shang looked around, and he noticed that there were not that many doors. He guessed that the rooms beyond the doors were probably rather sizable.

The two of them walked to the big gates at the end of the hallway and stopped before them.

"Come in," someone said from beyond the door. Shang thought that the voice sounded like the voice of a middle-aged man. The voice reminded him of one of the managers Shang had been under in his career as a fighter back on Earth.

in," Soran said, gesturing to the door with

at the door with

why someone like the dean wanted to meet

even if the dean had some ulterior motives, there was nothing Shang could do. No one but the three of them was currently around, and if they wanted to do something to him, they

breath and opened one of the two doors as

to his mind was simple. There was only a table and a chair in the room. A black spear stood at the corner of

That was it.

almost like an

this truly the dean's

could also get a clear look at the dean for the first time, and the first

looked exactly like one would imagine a general in

of armor. There were no great designs or anything on the suit of armor, but it gave off a feeling

the dean himself, he was a middle-aged man. He had long black hair that went past his shoulders, and

currently had a stack of papers in front of him, and Shang noticed that these were the papers Soran

dean said without looking up

was still keeping the door

small statue appeared in the dean's right hand. The dean put the statue onto a circled part of his table, and the circle around that part suddenly began shining

density of Mana was decreasing inside the

like Duke Whirlwind, the dean was absorbing a ton of Mana from his surroundings. However, there was no new Mana entering the

High Mage isn't directly trying to listen in on us from beyond the door, no one is going to hear anything we

lightly gesturing to an empty spot in front of the

SHING!

appeared at

he followed the

to the side and

deep meaning. It was

Shang for a bit, the dean's eyes wandered

his sword

sword had only shaken if

your sword on the table,"

Shang's frown intensified.

that his sword wasn't

Shang complied. There was nothing

took out his sword and placed it on

shake more and more, and for some reason, Shang felt like he had betrayed his sword. Up to now, it

surprised,"

at the

lot of things you don't know," the dean said. Then,