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.

not be "appropriate" to feel bad about such an

Shang just

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

sound

Mages had even more

aspects of us warriors are our techniques and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't

advantages, you can diminish a lot of

only someone on the level

procedure, and if I were on their level, I would be able to fight

additional advantages are the only reasons why I can't directly just

Dean said with a cold gaze. "You

only listened to

if he was only trying to appear more impressive to curb

the reward?"

Dean had already noticed the book in Shang's

all, this was Shang's

lifted the book

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

help

extended his hand, waiting for

know what you are supposed to do," Shang

hand didn't retreat immediately, and his

the Dean asked with

had a… talk. You could call

that I abused the rules,"

and he

well that Shang could have very likely died

much about what to do with the reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice

over a century, which made the God almost appear surreal

Shang had talked to the God again put newfound respect into the

not allowed to forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with a mere

pulled the book back

still on the level of a True Mage,

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book and internalized all its

Dean closed the book and put it into his

Silence.

at the wall as he fell into