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

The Dean paused.

The average Adept was already too terrifying, and I barely

score of ten, and with it, the

in surprise. "The ones

booklet you received on your first day. I wasn't the one that created them. They were the reward I've received from the trial. They might appear simple, but

light without interfering with your potential to reach

to create at my current

powerful techniques. You used these techniques to create your own fighting style that's already equal to the fighting style of

of the future warriors," the

nodded. "Thank you for

tell me about your question and

learned from the God until he arrived at the

said I will regret it?" the Dean

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

this was

the Dean counted as nothing

took a

secret regarding the

"Even if the enemy

Silence.

The Dean grimaced.

he not attempted

there was a very real possibility

most, a 50% chance

put their lives on a coin

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

attempted the next levels without

would have gained a ton of

if he managed

much better would his reward

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

So many wasted opportunities.

put his life on

was

fight was unwinnable or when the odds were stacked

effectively rewarded