Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang's eyes focused again after he had gone through his memories.

And then, Shang frowned.

'That secret might make the difference between getting something good and getting something great,' Shang thought.

Then, he looked at the Dean, who only looked back.

"I'm willing to share my question and the answers with you, but I want to know something from you first," Shang said.

The Dean's expression didn't change. "As long as it's not something I can't talk about," the Dean said. "I'm also interested in what the God said."

"I want to know how your first trial in your separate space went down," Shang said.

When Shang said trial, he was referring to the test they could take once per Realm inside their separate space. The Dean had already said that this was how they could get inheritances and techniques from before the Mages' purge.

"I can answer that," the Dean said.

"There are three categories for the trial, and the scores you achieve in the categories are added together to create a final score. The higher the final score, the better techniques you get."

"First, you need to fight beasts."

"The first level is to fight an untalented beast at the Initial General Stage."

"The second level is to fight an average beast at the Initial General Stage."

"The third level is to fight a talented beast at the Initial General Stage. These beasts can win against nearly any other beast on their level."

"The fourth level is to fight a weak beast at the Early General Stage."

"And the fifth level should be to fight an average one," the Dean explained.

"You said should," Shang said. "That means you didn't try the fifth level?"

"Correct," the Dean said. "It was uncertain if I could win or not. In the end, I decided not to try the fifth level."

"The next category is to fight warriors. The levels are designed in the same way as with the beasts."

"I also barely managed to beat the fourth level, and I didn't try the fifth one."

might have guessed, the third category is against

The Dean paused.

even attempt the third level. The average Adept was already too terrifying, and I barely

got a score of ten, and with it, the very techniques that

eyebrows rose in surprise. "The ones

day. I wasn't the one that created them. They were the

interfering with your potential to reach

would be able to create at my current

a basis to create much more powerful techniques. You used these techniques to create your own fighting style that's already equal to the fighting style

of the

"Thank you for

tell me about your question and answer,"

what he had learned from the God until he arrived at the

I will regret it?" the Dean asked with

Shang saw the Dean show anything akin to fear or nervousness, but it

all, this was a

the Dean counted as

took a deep

secret regarding the separate

said. "Even if the enemy in the trial kills you, you will

Silence.

The Dean grimaced.

not attempted

there was a very real possibility that he

most, a 50% chance of

people would put their

die in the trial, he wouldn't be gambling

have attempted the

would have

what if he

much better would

the Dean remembered his next two trials, the ones he took at the Commander

So many wasted opportunities.

on the line, he would have found

was

fight was unwinnable or when the odds were stacked against one was

God effectively