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."

left from that time, and it essentially doesn't exist anymore. The Mages also don't have any evidence from that time,

from the long-forgotten era," the dean explained. "However, as you might have guessed, the

You will fight more and more powerful enemies on your level until you eventually die. After that, you will be

Yes, that sounded exactly like something the

important thing contributing to your future success. If you manage to get a good one when you reach the General Stage, your Battle-Strength will be even more powerful for the next test in the Commander Stage. That allows you to get a better score and

"Battle-Strength?" Shang asked.

powerful you are compared to others at the same level," the dean added before continuing

can't be broken. If it does,

knows, if you do well enough, you might actually go all the way. After all, an amazing inheritance probably even shows

way, I envy you. You will receive the power of my procedure, which will allow

he

decided not to react at all and simply continued

quickly finish the

referring to?" the dean asked with a

the wilderness for two years," Shang repeated. "But what if my

looked at his table. "Your Affinity?" he

if I'm lucky. That means that unlocking my Affinity is probably very hard. Maybe it's something that can only happen at

for a bit more than half

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

dean's

at Shang with

dean had realized something.

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

of the world. Technically, I am not even allowed

After all, in the worst case, I can just

friend.

became quite frustrated, but

but now, he is suddenly protecting his friend,' Shang thought. 'Has

don't think so. He looked pretty convincing earlier, but

become close with him, but when you

I can't just assume his entire personality based on only this conversation. It's very possible that he also

end, I should still keep my distance

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

some rare and very troublesome beasts.

should take place in a bit less than two years. I never cared about the corpses

a beast that has the same Affinity as the warrior undergoing the procedure, the procedure has a

up pretty well. Your Affinity will probably be unlocked by the corpse since it will act similarly to a Mana Source, and you will receive

wait for