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 such an

just

He wanted more.

for myself, I would

at

didn't sound very

more advantages than just

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

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

I am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind

were on their level, I would be able to fight evenly with a

are the only reasons why I can't directly

Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze.

to his

he was only trying to appear more impressive to

reward?"

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

all, this was Shang's

lifted the book and looked at

the Battle-Strength of all General

help you a

his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the book

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

retreat immediately, and his eyes focused on

asked with a glint in

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

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

and he knew how unstable he

well that Shang

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

hadn't met the God in over a century,

the God

that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with a mere

pulled the

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

through the entire book and internalized all its

and put it into his

Silence.

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