Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang took a deep breath and walked over to the table.

Then, he pulled down the upper part of his uniform and lay down on the icy table.

From the table, Shang saw the Dean walk over to the thing lying in the room. Shang wasn't entirely sure how the thing had suddenly lost consciousness again, but this had probably been Duke Whirlwind's work.

The Dean put the thing onto the table beside Shang. The table was easily big enough.

"Keep it unconscious," the Dean said.

"No worries," Duke Whirlwind answered from the side.

From now on, Shang couldn't see the Dean anymore since he was lying face-down on the table.

"I will create the cut now. Are you prepared, Shang?" the Dean asked.

"Go ahead," Shang said.

Meanwhile, Shang took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself.

Shang didn't see it, but the Dean took out a shining black knife, which seemed to be made of something like obsidian.

Then, the Dean put the tip of the blade on Shang's neck.

Shang felt the coldness of the blade, and his heart began to beat faster.

And then, the blade went into Shang's body.

The cut was slow and deliberate, careful not to injure the bone.

Shang felt the searing pain of a cut slowly opening above his spine.

Luckily, he could deal with something like that. It wasn't even as bad as his destroyed left arm.

On the side, Mattheo cringed in pain.

He had no idea how Shang could take something like that.

After some seconds, the Dean pulled the knife away.

There was now a cut going all the way from Shang's neck to his behind.

The Dean put his hands into the open wound and pulled it to the side.

Not many people had the luxury of seeing a human essentially being skinned. The skin and the muscles offered a lot of resistance, but the Dean's power was far beyond their ability to resist.

Shang took a deep breath through his gritted teeth.

This was way worse than the cut!

His flesh was being pulled from his very bones!

"Soran," the Dean said.

Shang heard a couple of steps and then felt a slight burning feeling coming from his back.

"Soran is using his Wind Mana to stop your flesh and skin from regenerating," the Dean emotionlessly said. "Anything that regrows will be cut away."

"How is the pain?" the Dean asked.

but

worse than you up to now. The next two steps will be the most

Shang said with a strained

Dean put the knife away and took

Shang didn't see it.

on

be quick but

took a deep breath and

Then, his head nodded.

began to rotate

CRRRRRRK!

Shang's neck, and it completely severed all the nerves

like every single nerve in Shang's entire body

sent the most painful signals

stopped breathing as his vision

Was this even pain?

It felt so unfamiliar.

like this wasn't even pain

feeling of

coming from his entire

instincts were to just directly

broken, they very often died

overloaded with

down until he could feel their splinters

eyes were strained wide

Shang couldn't

minutes without air. Don't panic," the Dean

only barely registered the Dean's

come this far before. You won't feel what I'm doing back here with your nerves cut," the Dean

just have to wait and

hearing the Dean's voice, but he had understood the last

to wait and

'Wait and survive!'

'Wait and survive!'

one

think to myself is another second

six seconds is already one percent of

to keep himself alive and

had

Only wait!

Shang tried to keep himself alive, he heard the most disgusting sound

It sounded slimy.

like someone was putting their ear to a tube of toothpaste being squeezed

disgusting, but with the context, Shang wanted to

couldn't even hurl right

bone marrow being squeezed out of his

the sound going through his entire body, and his vision swam even

was almost

removed," the Dean said after the sound

saw the thing on the table vanish from within

squelching

seconds later, the

Your body is healing too quickly, and it's difficult for me to keep up!" Soran said with a

had lost his concentration, and his Mana was

strained his mind to focus on

like that," Soran