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.

might not be "appropriate" to feel bad about such

just

He wanted more.

for myself, I would be able to fight the strongest

at the

sound

all, the Mages had even more advantages

Dean said. "Don't forget that the strongest aspects of us warriors are our techniques and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the

High Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work,

that I am only someone on the level

were on

the only reasons

Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know

listened to his teacher

or if he was only trying to appear more

the reward?"

in Shang's hand, but he didn't

was Shang's reward,

the book and looked at

increase the Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors

will also help you

interested and extended his hand, waiting

should know what you are supposed to do," Shang said as he put the book in

immediately, and his eyes focused

him?" the Dean asked with a glint in his

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

very happy that I

the God, and he knew how unstable he

very well that Shang could have

look at it, and if it were useful, he would

Dean hadn't met the God in over a century, which made the God almost appear

God again put newfound respect into the

watching their every

Dean pulled the book back and skimmed through

had a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted

just two minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book

book and put it into his internal

Silence.

while, the Dean only looked at