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.

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

Shang just

He wanted more.

to the procedure for myself, I would be able to fight the strongest High Mages on

at the

sound

all, the Mages had even more

are our techniques and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't be able

diminish a lot of

think that I am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind or any

and if I were on their

reasons why I can't directly just

lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to

to his teacher

the truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive to curb

the reward?"

already noticed the book in Shang's hand, but

this was Shang's reward,

the book

something that will increase the Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors and

will also help you a

his hand, waiting for

said that you should know what you are supposed to do," Shang said as he put

hand didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused

asked with a glint in his

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

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

God, and he knew how unstable

that Shang could

he only wanted to take a look at it, and

Dean hadn't met the God in over a century,

had talked to the God again put newfound respect into the

watching their every move and that someone could

the Dean pulled the book

his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted him incredible comprehension

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the

the book and put it into his

Silence.

a while, the Dean only looked at the wall as he