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."

guessed, the third category is

The Dean paused.

the third level. The average Adept was already too terrifying,

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

eyebrows rose in surprise. "The ones

received on your first day. I wasn't the one that created them. They were the reward I've received

guiding light without interfering with

something I would be able to

already realized, these techniques can be used as a basis to create much more powerful techniques. You used these techniques to create your own fighting style that's

of the

you for answering

about your question and answer," the Dean

had learned from the God until he arrived at the last, crucial

regret it?" the Dean

the Dean show anything akin to

all, this

the Dean counted as

a deep

secret regarding

you can't die," Shang said. "Even if the enemy in the trial kills you, you will simply reappear in

Silence.

The Dean grimaced.

he not attempted the higher

real possibility that he

at most, a 50% chance of victory

people would put their lives on

if he couldn't die in the trial, he wouldn't be gambling with

attempted the

he would have gained a ton of valuable combat

what if he managed

better would

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

So many wasted opportunities.

his life on the line, he

that was also

unwinnable or when the odds were stacked against one

effectively