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

He wanted more.

the procedure for myself, I would be

looked at the

didn't sound

Mages had even more

battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding

diminish a lot of their advantages with hard

only someone on the level

to the procedure, and if I were on their level, I

only reasons why I can't directly just kill

said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be

to his

the truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive to curb Shang's

reward?" the Dean

book in

all, this was

book and looked at

increase the Battle-Strength of all General

also help you a

interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand

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

retreat immediately, and

the Dean asked with a

a… talk.

very happy that I

the God, and he knew how

well that Shang could have very likely died

Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would

met the God in over a century, which made the

had talked to the God again put

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

seconds, the Dean pulled the book

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

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

the book and put

Silence.

looked at