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.

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

been failures before?"

"Four failures in the

years?" Shang asked in surprise. "I was expecting more like four

must have a warrior's body. An increased rate of passive recovery is mandatory for survival since your body has to passively resist the destruction the new parts cause to

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

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

in the First Realm, which limits a lot of candidates since they don't feel like they need such an invasive procedure yet. They lack the desperation that older warriors

they need to agree. Forcing this procedure on someone will most likely kill them since they won't comply, and due to the lack of trust,

all of them is," Soran said with a sigh. "Especially since a lot of them are rare

together? Why?"

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

Shang asked. "Wouldn't these families just become Mages

progeny to become Mages, they certainly won't send them here. Because

the 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 talent for Magic. Warrior's bodies are very

of being a warrior. They only teach their children the basics before sending them here. Many of them have only fought a couple of captured beasts in a safe environment, and when they got injured, a Water Mage

from low-ranking 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 for a reason. If they could create

warrior on the Commander Stage can already become a minor

students from a poorer background that we have are either geniuses that managed to reach this step on their

makes it very difficult to find subjects

Shang nodded. "Makes sense."

no

planning to

nodded. "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

he was similar to the dean, he felt himself become

being compared to the