Sword God in a World of Magic

BANG!

The door closed behind Shang after he left the room. The end of the conversation still felt a bit abrupt for him, but he guessed that the dean simply didn't want to waste more time.

Nevertheless, Shang had learned an incredible amount of information from the dean.

Shang now knew what to do with his Affinity, and he knew his next goal.

Become more powerful in the next 18 months without reaching the General Stage.

Shang couldn't allow himself to reach the General Stage yet. Not only wouldn't he be able to truly grasp his Affinity, but he would also miss out on the dean's procedure.

Could the procedure fail?

Under normal circumstances, Shang would believe the procedure to be incredibly risky. After all, he would undergo a procedure that had never succeeded before.

However, Shang trusted in the God, or more precisely, he trusted in the God's desire for entertainment.

The God had suggested Shang to come here during a specific time, and the God wanted the warriors to become powerful again to bring variety back into his world.

It might be entertaining to gamble on a risky procedure for the God, but it was probably even more entertaining to see a warrior, an underdog in this world, go all the way.

"You talked for quite a while," Soran commented from the side.

Shang was pulled out of his thoughts and glanced at Soran. "I had a lot of questions," he said.

"About the procedure?" Soran asked.

Shang nodded. "Have you already been informed?" he asked.

with a sigh. "I still think it's a bit too early for actual tests

failures before?" Shang

"Four failures in the last

asked in surprise. "I was expecting more like four failures in the last

is the lack of robust test subjects," Soran explained. "First of all, the subject must have a warrior's body. An increased rate of passive recovery is mandatory for survival since your body has to passively resist the

will be a war between your body and the beast parts. There can't be much outside influence during that period,

able to deal with pain. If you can't stay conscious during the procedure, your body will automatically enter a defensive state and will block

be in the First Realm, which limits a lot of candidates since they don't feel like they need such

Forcing this procedure on someone will most likely kill them since they won't comply,

things isn't difficult, but finding all of them is," Soran said with a sigh. "Especially since a lot of them are rare

Why?"

academy in the world, and our standards are high. Contrary to what many might believe, a majority of

asked. "Wouldn't these families just become

nodded. "They would. If there is a way for their progeny to become Mages, they certainly won't send them here. Because of

most prestigious academy in the world, that's still a lot of families that have their eyes on us for one of their progeny. That's where the first issue comes from. Those high-ranking families are high-ranking families precisely due to their bloodline and

their children the basics before sending them here. Many of them have only fought a couple of captured beasts in a

households," Soran said, but then, he sighed. "However, the problem with the low-ranking households is that they have so few outstanding warriors. These households are common and weak

Stage can already become a

of that, the few students from a poorer background that we have are either geniuses that managed to reach this

difficult to find subjects for the

Shang nodded. "Makes sense."

some seconds, no one said

to

"I can deal with pain, and I want to become more powerful. I know that the procedure is risky, but it's worth the risk for me," Shang said

saw Shang's eyes from the side and sighed. "I knew from the very beginning that you are similar to Master. I shouldn't have

he was similar to the dean, he felt

being compared to