Sword God in a World of Magic

The book had only about thirty pages, which didn't take very long to read. A big part of the book was about rules regarding fighting, attending lessons, how to obtain Contribution Points, the functions of the room, and some general information.

From what Shang had read, fighting with one's weapon was forbidden, but fighting without a weapon was fine. The reason for such a choice was to preserve the killing intent in someone. If someone used their killing tool to spar with others a lot, they might lose their killing intent.

Because of that, the academy tried to preserve the killing intent of the weapon. One should only draw one's weapon when one intended to kill someone.

Of course, there were exceptions. For example, two students could schedule an official spar at any of the training areas. In that case, they could use their weapon.

But wait, how did that differ from just fighting normally? After all, it was also just a spar.

The difference was that the students had to fight with the intent of killing the other person. It was not in their responsibility to keep the opponent safe. The observing teacher would be responsible for keeping the loser alive.

So, the student would still be fighting with the goal of killing their opponent. It was just that the opponent would survive due to outside intervention.

Attending lessons was surprisingly completely optional. No student was forced to attend the lessons.

This rule existed to teach students responsibility.

On earth, something like this wouldn't really work. After all, the consequences of getting bad grades weren't immediate as long as someone didn't fail the grade. This made the danger distant, making the student feel like they weren't actually in danger.

But here, it would have very real consequences. Due to the first rule, bullying and ganging up on others were allowed. If a teacher saw five kids beating up a younger student, they wouldn't intervene.

However, the survival of that student would also be under the assailants' responsibilities. If they killed a student without a good reason, the assailants would be executed by the academy.

Even more, if someone didn't have a warrior's body, they would need to go to the resident Water Mage to get themselves healed, and the cost of the treatment would need to come out of their own pocket.

So, it was literally possible to push someone into impossible poverty. If someone made some serious enemies, they could be suppressed into always being forced to remain in their rooms in the academy. This would stop them from attending lessons, earning money, and training.

How did one get out of such a situation?

That was not the academy's problem.

Strength ruled supreme. Either the students would become powerful or break.

As for earning Contribution Points, there were three ways.

to

not just be

a couple of mission boards around the school that offered different

of all, this was practical experience. The student would be sent out without supervision or protection. There was a very real

the missions were paying the academy in exotic materials, which allowed the academy to keep its

would have to justify that decision to one of the Vice-Deans. If the reason wasn't good enough, the Contribution Points would be deducted from the teacher's

the function of the room, and Shang was thankful that they actually wrote about it. If they hadn't described the

That empty bucket?

imbued

What kind of Magic?

It was Transportation Magic.

a space with a couple of Water Apprentices and Water Adepts. Their job was to create water

for it to be in with no interference, water would flow. This

to activate the Magic Array. Then, a stream of water would come out of the

Shang had shat into the

log coming out of a Magic Array in front of

would have

other bucket was simply a normal

both washing and drinking. Surprisingly, there was also a drain for

looked to the corner of the room and saw a slightly lowered

and it was responsible

normal pipes? Why did they even use Magic

know it, but there were two reasons, one more ridiculous than

bored. So, they simply created a huge magical sewer under the entire city and gave everyone

Second, because they could.

unimportant stuff with Transportation Magic, which was a subcategory

That was the reason.

looked at the description

were

first one was the azure

for special occasions and were forbidden from being

those uniforms were for impressing visitors. That was also why Shang had only