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.

"appropriate" to

Shang just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

sound very

even more advantages than just their

the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide

you can diminish a lot of their

think that I am only someone on the

had access to the procedure, and if I were on their level, I would

reasons why I can't directly just

cold gaze. "You don't know what

to his

teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear more

reward?"

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

all, this was Shang's

book

the Battle-Strength of all General Stage

will also help you a

extended his hand,

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

Dean's hand didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes

him?" the Dean asked with a glint in

talk. You

happy that I abused the rules," Shang said

the God, and he knew how unstable he

that Shang could have very

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

God in over a century, which made

the God again put

watching their every move and that someone could end their

the Dean pulled the book back and skimmed

a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level

the Dean finished reading through

the book and put it into his internal

Silence.

while, the Dean only looked at the wall