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."

you might have guessed, the

The Dean paused.

even attempt the third level. The average Adept was already too

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

surprise. "The ones I

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

a guiding light without interfering with your potential to

like that is only something I would be able to create at my current level after several years of hard

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

foundation of the future warriors," the Dean

nodded. "Thank you for

about your question and answer," the

the God until he arrived at

the Dean asked with a slight bit of

the Dean show anything akin

all, this was a

the Dean counted as nothing

a deep

secret regarding

"Even if the enemy in the

Silence.

The Dean grimaced.

had he not attempted the higher

there was a very real

had, at most, a 50% chance

people would put their lives on

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

attempted the next levels

he failed, he would have gained a

what if he managed to

better would

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

So many wasted opportunities.

life on the line, he would have

that was also

odds were stacked against one

God effectively