Sword God in a World of Magic

"That reminds me of something else I wanted to say," Shang said.

"What is it?" the dean asked with a neutral voice.

"You asked when I wanted to undergo the procedure, right?" Shang asked.

The dean nodded.

"Is it already fully developed?" he asked.

The dean nodded again.

"So, you wouldn't need any additional time to ready the procedure, right?" Shang asked.

"A day at most, maybe. It depends on what beast I choose," he said with annoyance. "Why are you asking such a pointless question?"

Shang nodded. "Then, it's not that," he said. "It's like this. My first of my available questions for the God has been about what I should do when I arrive here."

The dean's eyes shone a bit.

None of them had brought up the questions yet. After all, these questions could be valuable intel, and it was impossible to verify the information. Both of them could just lie.

"And he said what?" the dean asked. Obviously, Shang wanted to share the answer.

"He said that I should remain in the wilderness for two years before joining society again," Shang said.

The dean nodded. "That's the best course of action for you, and you will learn why when you join your class. This is especially important for you."

"Especially important for me? Why?" Shang asked.

"You have received your answers, and you have received your weapon. However, you have not yet come into contact with your second gift. I presume the God has given you the same thing as me," the dean said.

"What is the second gift?" Shang asked.

"It has two uses. The first use is storage. It's basically a superior Space Ring without the limitations," the dean explained. "The other use is inheritance."

"Inheritance? In what sense?" Shang asked.

"As you have heard, the golden age of the warriors is so far in the past that no one even knows that it has existed in the first place. No ruins from that era have survived until this day, as far as I am aware."

"This means that it is impossible to gain more advanced knowledge for the path of a warrior than I have access to unless you manage to create it yourself. So, for all intents and purposes, I essentially count as the strongest warrior that has ever existed."

no evidence left from

the God gave you a way to inherit knowledge from the long-forgotten era,"

a contest. You will fight more and more powerful enemies on your level until you eventually die. After that, you will be resurrected, and you will receive an inheritance

heard that. Yes, that sounded exactly like something the God would

manage to get a good one when you reach the General Stage, your Battle-Strength will be

"Battle-Strength?" Shang asked.

others at the same level," the dean added before

cycle can't be broken. If

way. After all,

envy you. You will receive the power of my procedure, which will allow you to get better inheritances. You will have an

wasn't sure how he should react

not to react at all and simply continued the

finish the topic. "However, this is not what

referring to?" the dean asked with

I should stay in the wilderness for two

furrowed, and he looked at his table. "Your Affinity?"

able to use my Affinity if I'm lucky. That means that unlocking my Affinity is probably

you might already know, I have only been in the wilderness for a bit more than half

half years that could unlock my Affinity? Something like a rare or strange beast appearing? Maybe

dean's

he looked at Shang with an evaluating

had realized something. "Did you

his chin in thought. "It would also make sense to a certain degree. If I hadn't seen your current Affinity in action before, I

you be more specific?" Shang

top secrets of the world. Technically, I am not even allowed to know

afraid of telling you. After all, in the worst case, I can just flee and live in the wilderness.

friend. Because of that, I can't

he became quite frustrated, but

the dean has talked about using everyone for his own power, but now, he is suddenly protecting his friend,' Shang thought. 'Has he

convincing earlier, but he also looks pretty

when you manage to become friends, he might be very

his entire personality based on only this conversation. It's very possible

I should still

at least

rare and very troublesome beasts. No one in the world will realize that this has taken place since the ones

I never cared about the corpses of these beasts, but if I

there is a beast that has the same Affinity as the warrior undergoing the procedure, the procedure has a higher chance

by the corpse since it will act similarly to a Mana Source,

have to wait for the right