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.

Javelin beaks," the clerk in the Hunting Guild said as he put 1,250 gold on the counter. "Not

Another month passed.

swordsmanship class said. "He actually managed to beat

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

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

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

Another month passed.

handed him a piece of paper. "You made quite a bit of progress

end-of-year exams had just taken place. The entire Grade would take part in

placed in the

means that he was

had been in the academy

the absolute bottom. He had been one of the weakest people in his Grade. He had been so weak that he had even been put in the Advanced Grade, a

can put you in the Preparation Grade now,"

Shang heard that,

powerful enough to fight people of

the Advanced Grade? Wouldn't he be counted as trash in the

students in the Caterpillar Class were much weaker than other

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

that day, Shang joined the

met his new

feel too weak, and he was on

thing about him was his

need to fight Astor anymore. Now,

Shang advanced a Grade, the other lessons changed

theoretical lessons now mostly talked about General Stage beasts,

the lessons were focused on preparing the students for their life as

teachers didn't change for Shang. Teachers weren't assigned a Grade but a lesson. One teacher taught

hadn't chosen their profession yet, which meant

the three lessons per

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

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

He had fully integrated.

was no

had done in

him

only

was in his

He wasn't outstanding.

he also

was a

nobody remembered Shang's actions anymore, nobody

Preparation

Shang's life continued.