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 Hunting Guild said as he put

Another month passed.

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

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

from the Caterpillar Class, right? They're generally not

Class? Then, sure, he's

Another month passed.

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

end-of-year exams had just taken place. The entire Grade would take part in a tournament, and the bottom 10% would be expelled from the

in the top

that he

now, Shang had been in

he had been at 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 grade filled with students a level weaker than

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

that,

enough to fight people

wait, hadn't Shang only reached the average for the Advanced Grade? Wouldn't

same tournament. Since the students in the Caterpillar Class were much weaker than other students,

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

day, Shang joined the

his new classmates, who welcomed

weak, and he was on

only special thing about him was his age, but the class didn't really

need to fight Astor anymore. Now, he had so many more

advanced a Grade, the other lessons changed as

now mostly talked about General Stage beasts,

were focused on preparing the students for their life

assigned a Grade but a lesson. One teacher taught all Grades but at different

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

that, the three lessons per

followed by theoretical classes. In the

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

He had fully integrated.

was no

had done in

at him with frightened expressions

only a normal

was in his

He wasn't outstanding.

he also wasn't

a very

though nobody remembered Shang's

the Preparation Grade was essentially

Shang's life continued.