Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang didn't know what he should think of his assigned Grade.

On one hand, he was technically 23 years old by now. He had spent 22 years on Earth and one year here.

The older one got, the less age mattered. In a way, 20-year-olds were seen as young adults. They were mostly able to live on their own and take care of themselves, and their minds had matured to a significant degree.

Because of that, Shang wouldn't have felt awkward or out of place in a Grade filled with people in their early twenties. The age difference didn't matter much.

However, 18 and 20 were quite a difference. 18-year-olds were showing signs of maturity. One of these obvious signs was the lower frequency of bullying in colleges. High school was far worse in that sense.

But that age was still a big dividing line of maturity. Probably half of the class would consist of teenagers while the other half would be young adults, personality-wise.

With all of that in mind, Shang also had to look at his body.

Sure, his mind was the mind of a 23-year-old, but his body was of a 15-year-old.

He hadn't even finished growing properly.

At the moment, Shang was 150cm tall, which was probably about average for someone of that age, but he would definitely get another growth spurt.

As for his classmates?

They had already all mostly finished growing. Sure, men could grow even when they were 20, but those couple of centimeters didn't make a huge difference.

In short, Shang would appear like a kid to the other people in his Grade. Half of them would probably not mind and would be quite open, but the other half would probably look down on him.

Now, one shouldn't misunderstand.

Shang wasn't distraught about how others perceived him but about the annoying trouble he would have to go through.

Shang wasn't very interested in socializing. Back on Earth, he had been an outgoing person, but that was also only because he couldn't train 24/7.

In this world, he could.

And since training and growing more powerful took priority, Shang essentially had no interest in socializing.

Yet, the others would try to force him, and he didn't want to deal with all that trouble.

'Well, doesn't really matter. It's probably just a couple of instances, and as long as I make myself clear, most of my classmates shouldn't mind.'

'But it's actually a bit funny that I will have the most powerful body of my Grade.'

Shang's brows furrowed.

a year. Sure, I had a ton of fruits from the Earth Fruit Hedgehog, but the academy should have even better

start training at 14 years of age. Meanwhile, they only reached the Peak of the Soldier Stage in their

trained a lot, but that

how to train one's body and how to advance. Shang guessed that the

With all of this theoretical stuff out of the way, I can finally focus on my power

slit that was his window with absent

power was actually when I was still in

went to his belongings and

to think about

don't need to think about

don't need to

about some

need to think about how to earn

even need to think about family or

a while, Shang simply looked at his

was such

so, Shang had to constantly worry about survival. Even more, he hadn't even been able to truly let himself go in training. After all, he had never been truly safe. Plenty

But here?

…Nothing…

didn't even have to follow an actual schedule. As long as his power progressed at sufficient speeds, he would be golden. He could even skip

also a form of wilderness. After all,

the academy, and those students were the only ones that could be a threat to

with urgency.

Shang narrowed his eyes.

self-confidence and arrogance. Soran managed to easily beat me with a body two levels below mine. Because of that, it wouldn't be too farfetched that someone with a body one level below mine could pull

On top of that, everyone in my Grade has learned how to fight

is below theirs when it involves fighting against other humans. I might actually only count as average in my Grade even with

need to

…

Shang thought as

with weapons is prohibited

was I even worrying

danger. I automatically assumed

of his conversation with that one guard from Duke Whirlwind's garden. The guard had

get me. Even if someone doesn't like me, they will probably just not talk to

Shang sighed.

For now, I should focus on my power. Tomorrow, I will start with the

today, I just want to

put everything to the side and