Sword God in a World of Magic

Knock, knock, knock.

Shang opened his eyes. He had finished his routine training a couple of hours ago, and he had been concentrating on his Affinity ever since. He felt like he was close to achieving another breakthrough with his Affinity.

Shang stood up and walked to the door.

After opening it, Shang saw Vice-Dean Soran in front of him.

The hall was very dark, and Shang's inner clock told him that it was about two hours before dawn.

"Follow me," Vice-Dean Soran said with a solemn tone.

Then, Vice-Dean Soran walked over to the stairs.

Shang followed.

After they arrived at the stairs, Vice-Dean Soran walked to an empty wall and put his emblem on it.

A complicated pattern appeared on the wall, and a second later, the wall parted.

Now, there was a set of stairs in front of Shang that led downward.

Apparently, the main building of the Warrior's Academy also had a basement.

Shang followed Vice-Dean Soran into the underground, and the wall closed behind them. At the same time, several crystals on the wall began to shine.

Shang could feel Light Mana coming from them.

The two of them walked down the stairs for around a minute in silence before they arrived in front of another door.

"This is the place where the academy stores its most valuable wares," Vice-Dean Soran said. "You are encouraged to keep this place a secret."

Shang only nodded.

Vice-Dean Soran opened the door, and the two of them entered.

A dimly lit hallway was in front of Shang now with several old wooden doors at the side.

As soon as Shang entered the hallway, he felt like he had been submerged in a wave of Elemental Mana.

Surprisingly, the majority of the Elemental Mana was Darkness Mana.

'I've already suspected that the academy also sells Darkness ore,' Shang thought.

"Surprised?" Vice-Dean Soran asked.

"By what?" Shang asked.

know of your peculiar Affinity," Vice-Dean Soran said. "Are you surprised that you can feel

Shang heard that Soran knew of his Affinity,

the biggest fan of Shang, and he

saw Shang's reaction,

someone is very distrustful of everyone, chances are

Shang didn't answer.

to do anything to you and that

on the side of belief?"

to believe someone than to disbelief them, wouldn't he

betrays me? I'm confident enough in myself that I know I can deal

know that you and I do not have the same ideology, Shang," Vice-Dean Soran said. "So, let me put you at ease with words

only looked at

to betray my lifelong teacher and the

Shang's emotions were a bit riled up by the verbal attack, but on the other hand,

was not even close to

"If we were wildly chasing power, we wouldn't have opened a

with

Soran answered as they walked down the hallway. "The Warrior's Academy is barely 30 years old. I was already a Commander Stage warrior back

Vice-Dean Soran

last year, Shang had learned about the extended longevity and increase in

Stage warriors lived as long as very healthy

to be around 150

to be around 250

the True

the Dean was the

each Realm generally lived for a couple of decades longer, but that was due to a multitude of methods to extend their lives. These ways simply weren't

between the foundation the warriors

Shang hadn't known that Vice-Dean Soran had been the Dean's

Soran opened a seemingly random,

followed after

the room, a cold, oppressive feeling washed over

wasn't much in the room. It essentially was only a

a table made of cold metal in the middle of the room with dried stains

reminded Shang of an

corner, Shang saw a small, scaly mass. He couldn't see the entire thing

that the thing was around 30 centimeters wide and that its

saw it, he

a day ago, Shang had

just before he had seen the

in the corner felt dangerous to Shang, but he also felt like

thing, the thing suddenly began to move, and

It was still alive!

finally see its

Face?