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.

to the door with his

at the

idea why someone like the dean wanted to meet him, but it was

dean had some ulterior motives, there was nothing Shang could do. No one but the three of them

opened one of the two doors as he stepped into the

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

That was it.

like an interrogation

truly

first time, and the first word that

like one would imagine a general in a medieval movie

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

went past his shoulders, and he had one of these beards that circled his mouth. Shang didn't know how they

had a stack of papers in front of him, and Shang noticed that these

the dean said without looking up

that he was still keeping the door open, and

of small statue appeared in the dean's right hand. The dean put the statue

density of Mana was decreasing

of Mana from his surroundings. However, there was no new Mana entering the

Magic Circle," the dean commented. "It serves as protection against Scouting, Scrying, and Inquisition Magic. As long as a High Mage isn't directly trying to listen in on us from beyond the door, no one is

to an empty spot in front of

SHING!

appeared at that

was still uncertain, but he followed the dean's instructions and sat

put the papers to the

some reason, Shang felt that the dean's gaze held a deep meaning. It was almost like the dean knew something important

at Shang for a bit, the dean's eyes wandered

felt his sword shake for some reason, which made him

sword had only shaken

on the table,"

Shang's frown intensified.

dean noticed that his sword wasn't as simple as

There was nothing he could do

his sword and placed it on the

like he had betrayed his sword. Up to now, it had only shaken when there

seem surprised,"

threw a look at the dean, but he

there are a lot of things you don't know," the dean said. Then, he gestured towards the shaking