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

students got paid for attending lessons. Of course, they had to seriously attend them and not just be present. Teachers could deduct the pay for a lesson if

that offered different missions. The rewards for these missions were many times higher than attending lessons for several

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

exotic materials, which allowed the academy to keep its marketplace going. Of course,

could assign Contribution Points, but they would have to justify that decision to one of the Vice-Deans. If

and Shang was thankful that they actually

That empty bucket?

imbued with

What kind of Magic?

It was Transportation Magic.

of Water Apprentices and

as someone tilted the bucket into a position that was impossible for it to be in with no interference, water would flow. This was to stop an accidental activation of the Magic Circle. Without that, the Water Mage would

tilt it to activate the Magic Array. Then, a

shat into

a Magic Array in front of

would have been

other bucket was

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

corner of the room and saw

Magic Circle, and it was responsible for dumping

not just make a normal drain with normal pipes? Why did they even use Magic

didn't know it, but there were two reasons, one more

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

Second, because they could.

be funny if they transported such unimportant stuff

That was the reason.

at the

were

first one was the azure uniform, which Shang

were for special occasions and were forbidden from being worn without explicit permission

for impressing visitors. That was also why Shang had only two