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.

it might not be "appropriate" to feel bad about such

just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

sound

more advantages than

it's the truth," the 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 baseline is so wide that technique won't be able to change anything, but if that gulf can be

Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish a

that I am only someone on the level

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

are the only reasons why I can't directly

cold

only listened to his teacher

his teacher told the truth or if he was only

the reward?" the Dean

already noticed the book in

was Shang's

the book

increase the Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors and

also help you

hand, waiting for

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

immediately, and his eyes

him?" the Dean asked with a glint

"We had a… talk. You

I

the God, and he knew how

very well that Shang could have very likely

he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would probably teach the more talented students in the academy

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

God again

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

the Dean pulled the

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

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

closed the book and put it into his internal

Silence.

Dean only looked at