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.

'I reached this level in only half a year. Sure, I had a ton of fruits from the Earth Fruit Hedgehog, but

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

mean, I trained a lot, but that can't be the only

and how

more powerful. With all of this theoretical stuff out of the way, I can

the small slit that was his

on my power was actually when I was still in the wilderness. Only a week had passed since then, but it

to his belongings and then to his mostly

don't need to

need to think

need to

to think about some bullshit school knowledge

need to think about how

don't even need to think about family or

simply looked at

such

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 of beasts had been prepared to

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

was also a form

conflicts inside the academy, and

Shang thought with urgency. 'That's

Shang narrowed his eyes.

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

There are the outstanding ones and the substandard ones. On top of that, everyone in my Grade has learned how to fight other humans for years. Many of them have probably

that my Battle-Strength is below theirs when it involves fighting against other humans. I might actually only count as average in my Grade

need to

…

wait,' Shang thought as his body

with weapons is prohibited between

I even

used to being in an environment filled with danger. I

conversation with that one guard from Duke Whirlwind's garden. The guard had told Shang that he wasn't

everyone is out to get me. Even if someone doesn't like me,

Shang sighed.

used to, and I can't force it. For now, I should focus on my power. Tomorrow, I will

I just want to

put everything to the side and grabbed