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.

Guild said as he put 1,250

Another month passed.

this guy," a random person in the swordsmanship class said. "He actually managed to beat level

He's at the same level as the teacher's help. He's still way too

is from the Caterpillar Class,

the Caterpillar Class? Then, sure, he's

Another month passed.

said to Shang as he handed him a piece of paper. "You

had just taken place. The entire Grade would take part in a tournament, and the bottom 10% would be expelled

had placed in the

that he was about

had been in the academy

He had been

we can put you in the Preparation Grade now," Vice-Dean Soran

that, he

to fight people

reached the average for the Advanced Grade? Wouldn't

in the Caterpillar Class were much weaker

for the Caterpillar Class, Shang would essentially count as slightly below-average. He definitely was ready

day, Shang joined the Preparation

new classmates,

weak, and

special thing about him was his age, but

to fight Astor

a Grade, the other lessons changed as

lessons now mostly talked about General Stage beasts,

on preparing the students for their life as General Stage

but a lesson. One teacher taught all Grades but

profession yet, which meant

the three lessons

by theoretical classes. In the

it tough in the Preparation Grade, but that was not the case. Shang's starting place for the Preparation Grade was

He had fully integrated.

no longer an

about what Shang had done in the past as time passed

him with frightened

was only a normal

was in

He wasn't outstanding.

he also

a very normal

remembered Shang's

the Preparation

Shang's life continued.