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.

Master would pick someone like you as his next subject," Soran said with a sigh. "I still think it's a bit too early for actual tests on humans, but

there been failures before?" Shang

"Four failures in the last ten years,"

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

body and the beast parts. There can't be much outside influence during that period, or

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 everything

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

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

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

Why?"

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

"Wouldn't these families just become Mages

for their progeny to become Mages, they certainly won't send them here. Because of that, we only get the progeny with nearly no magical talent or those who aren't as

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

deal with pain is part 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 immediately

low-ranking households is that they have so few outstanding warriors. These households are common

already become a minor

are either geniuses that

makes it very difficult to find subjects for

Shang nodded. "Makes sense."

seconds, no

are planning to go through

I know that the procedure is risky, but

and sighed. "I knew from the very

some reason, when Shang heard that he was similar to the dean,

didn't like being compared to