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.

was to

Of course, they had to seriously attend them and not just be present. Teachers

mission. There were a couple of mission boards around the school that offered different missions. The rewards for these missions were many times higher than attending lessons for

without supervision or protection. There was a very real chance of the

the academy to keep its marketplace

to assign them. A teacher could assign Contribution Points, but they 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

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

That empty bucket?

was imbued with

What kind of Magic?

It was Transportation Magic.

bottom of the bucket was connected to a space with a couple of

This was to stop an accidental activation of the Magic Circle. Without that, the Water Mage would fill the entire room

Then, a stream of water would come out of the bucket until the bucket was put back

had shat into the

a Magic Array in

would have been

other bucket was simply a

and drinking. Surprisingly, there was also a

corner of the room and saw a slightly lowered

and it was responsible

normal drain with normal pipes? Why did they even use Magic

were two reasons, one more ridiculous than the

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

Second, because they could.

it be funny if they transported such unimportant stuff with Transportation Magic, which was a

That was the reason.

Shang looked at the

there were

first one was the azure uniform, which Shang had

and were forbidden from being

uniforms were for impressing visitors. That was also why