Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang slowly opened his eyes in the real world.

Shang was inside his room in the academy's basement, which wasn't very pleasant to look at. There was only a table, some chairs, and a bed. That was about it. It looked more like a fancy prison cell than an actual room.

The Dean noticed that Shang was back and looked at him.

"How did it go?" he asked.

Shang looked at his teacher.

"22 points."

The Dean nodded. "That's better than I expected. I feared that the weak Middle General Stage beast would be too much for you, and I also expected you to fail your fight against the Average Early Adept."

"It seems I underestimated you."

"I assume you used your peculiar Ability to gain three free points?"

Shang nodded, but his brows furrowed.

At this moment, the procedure and its effects went through Shang's head.

The procedure had upgraded his body by one level, which essentially granted him three additional points per category, giving him nine free points.

Then, his Affinity gave him three additional free points.

So, the procedure and his Affinity had given Shang twelve points in total.

Shang had left the trial with 22 points, and if he subtracted the twelve free points, he would be at ten points.

In short, without these two things, Shang's Battle-Strength was about as powerful as the Dean's Battle-Strength had been back then.

"You seem to be unhappy with your results," the Dean said as he noticed Shang's expression.

"The only reason why I got so many points was the procedure and my Affinity," Shang said. "Without them, I would have only gotten as many points as you, and several of those fights had been incredibly close."

The Dean's expression didn't change.

"So, you are disappointed that you only are as strong as the strongest and most talented warrior in the world," the Dean said.

Shang listened to his teacher, but he didn't look at him.

that it might not be "appropriate" to feel bad about

Shang just couldn't

He wanted more.

the Dean said. "If I had access to the procedure for myself, I would be able

at

sound

had even more

techniques and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that

you can diminish a lot of

only someone on the

were on their

only reasons

cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be

only listened to his

truth or if he was only trying to

the reward?" the Dean

noticed the book in Shang's hand, but he didn't take

was Shang's reward,

lifted the book and looked at

something that will increase the Battle-Strength

will also help you a

Dean became interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the book

to do," Shang said as he put the book

retreat immediately, and his eyes focused

asked with

nodded. "We had a… talk. You could call

wasn't very happy that I abused the rules," Shang

and he knew how unstable he

Shang could have

reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then,

God in over a century, which made the

talked to the God again put

forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone

seconds, the Dean pulled the book

still on the level of a

Dean finished reading through the entire book and internalized all its

and put it into his internal

Silence.

only looked at