Sword God in a World of Magic

Time passed.

Shang's conviction had been reaffirmed by the Day of Chaos.

This time, he had been helpless during the Day of Chaos, but in the future, he wouldn't be as helpless.

Right now, Shang was at a level of power where he didn't count as relevant to any major cities. Sure, Shang could probably become a high-ranking officer in a town, but his goals went much further than that.

Shang trained until the life in the academy went back to normal. The piles of corpses had been cleaned up by the hunters and had been sold for profit.

Warrior's Paradise had spent a ridiculous sum of money for the Day of Chaos, but it had earned far more.

This was what Warrior's Paradise was all about: Finding profit in danger!

And thus, Shang's life in the Warrior's Academy continued.

During the mornings, Shang took part in whatever theoretical lesson was available. The lessons mostly consisted of politics, geography, and Magic.

During the afternoon, Shang took part in the lesson for the Caterpillar Class.

During the evening, Shang took part in either sword training or in beast classes.

During the early night, Shang trained with Sword.

During the late night, Shang either concentrated on his Affinity or went to sleep. Of course, he still slept very rarely.

Days passed.

A week passed.

Two weeks passed.

Shang went to sleep again. He felt like shit again, but it wasn't as bad as the previous times. With each time he went to sleep, he adapted more and more.

A month passed.

By now, Shang had been in the academy for two months.

"Seems like you win again, Shang!" Astor shouted with a loud laugh.

By now, Shang had managed to increase his win rate against Astor to above 50%.

"I still have an advantage in level," Shang said to Astor.

"So? Don't compare yourself to others but look at your past self. Yes, you are at a higher level than me, but you have made tremendous progress. Right now, I'm learning more from you than you from me during our fights," Astor said with a smile.

In the beginning, Astor had appeared a bit proud and distant, but by now, he had warmed up to Shang.

Astor was actually a very sociable warrior. He was the typical, gruff warrior one would imagine.

Another two weeks passed.

the clerk in the Hunting Guild said as he

Another month passed.

person in the swordsmanship class said. "He actually managed to beat level four by

He's at the same level as the teacher's help. He's still way too weak," another

Caterpillar Class, right?

the Caterpillar Class? Then, sure, he's not bad,

Another month passed.

48%, Shang," Vice-Dean Soran said to Shang as he handed him a piece of paper. "You made quite a bit of progress in a short

part in a tournament, and the bottom 10% would

placed in

means that he was

been in the

one of the weakest people in his Grade. He had been so weak that he had even been

can put you in the

heard that,

was finally powerful enough to fight people of

wait, hadn't Shang only reached the average for the Advanced Grade? Wouldn't he be counted as trash in the

Every class took part in the same tournament. Since the students in the Caterpillar Class were much weaker than other students, the average

for the Caterpillar Class, Shang would essentially

day, Shang joined the Preparation

met his new classmates, who welcomed

weak, and he was

thing about him was his age,

fight Astor anymore. Now, he had so many

the other lessons

theoretical lessons now mostly talked about General

preparing the students for their life

assigned a Grade but a lesson. One teacher

Beginner Grade was special since they hadn't chosen their profession yet, which meant that

that, the three lessons per

day started with swordsmanship class and beast class, followed by theoretical classes. In the evening,

Preparation Grade, but that was not the case. Shang's starting place for the Preparation Grade was much higher than his starting place for the

He had fully integrated.

no

what Shang had done in the past

at him with

only a

was in his appropriate

He wasn't outstanding.

also

a very

remembered Shang's actions anymore, nobody attacked

Preparation Grade was essentially unheard

Shang's life continued.