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."

but there is no evidence left from that time, and it essentially doesn't exist anymore. The Mages also don't have any evidence from that time, as far as

God gave you a way to inherit knowledge from the long-forgotten era," the dean explained. "However, as you might have guessed,

a contest. You will fight more and more powerful enemies on your level until you eventually die. After

that sounded exactly like something the God would

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

"Battle-Strength?" Shang asked.

to others at the same level," the dean added before continuing

be broken. If it does,

you might actually go all the way. After all, an amazing inheritance probably even shows you

dean took a deep breath, but his expression didn't change. "In a way, I envy you. You will receive the power of my procedure, which will allow you to get better inheritances.

he should react

react at all and

said to quickly finish the topic.

the dean asked

in the wilderness for two years," Shang repeated. "But what if my Battle-Strength isn't

dean's eyebrows furrowed, and he looked at his table. "Your

God said I would be able to use my Affinity if I'm lucky. That means that unlocking my Affinity is probably very hard. Maybe it's something that can

been in the wilderness for a

happen in the next one and a half years that could unlock my

dean's

at Shang with an evaluating

that the dean had realized something. "Did you

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

you be more specific?" Shang

even allowed to know of it, and

life, I wouldn't be afraid of telling you. After all, in the worst case, I can just flee and live in the wilderness. That

my friend.

quite frustrated, but

using everyone for his own power, but now, he is suddenly protecting his friend,' Shang

looked pretty convincing earlier, but he

when you manage to become friends, he might be very

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

end, I should still keep my distance

if you can't tell me, but can you at least tell me when it's about to

certain event that takes place every couple of years. It involves some fighting and cleaning up of some rare and very troublesome beasts. No one in the world will realize that this

should take place in a bit less than two years. I never cared about the corpses of these beasts, but if I put my money

that has the same Affinity as the warrior undergoing the procedure, the procedure has a higher chance of success

pretty well. Your Affinity will probably be unlocked by the corpse since it

wait