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.

Hunting Guild said as he

Another month passed.

swordsmanship class said. "He actually managed to beat

teacher's help. He's still

but the guy is from the Caterpillar Class, right? They're generally

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

Another month passed.

said to Shang as he handed him a piece of paper. "You made quite a bit of progress

part in a tournament,

placed in

means that he was

Shang had been in the academy

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

in the Preparation

that,

finally powerful enough to fight

reached the average for the Advanced Grade? Wouldn't he be

in the Caterpillar Class were much weaker than other students, the average Caterpillar

Shang would essentially count as slightly below-average. He definitely was ready to advance

that day, Shang joined

new classmates, who welcomed

too weak, and

about him was his

only need to fight Astor anymore.

the other lessons

lessons now mostly talked about General Stage beasts, Adepts, and General Stage

focused on preparing the students for their life as General

teachers didn't change for Shang. Teachers weren't assigned a Grade but a lesson. One teacher taught all Grades but at different times of the day so that the lessons didn't

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

that, the three lessons per day were

class and beast class, followed by theoretical classes. In the evening, Shang would take part in the Caterpillar

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

He had fully integrated.

no longer

forgot about what Shang had done in the past

at him with frightened

Shang was only

in

He wasn't outstanding.

he also wasn't

a very

nobody remembered Shang's

the Preparation Grade was

Shang's life continued.