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.

knew that it might not be "appropriate"

just

He wanted more.

I had access to the procedure for

at the

didn't sound

Mages had even more

are our techniques and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't be able

if the High Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work,

the

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

reasons

lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be on my

to his teacher

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

the reward?"

in Shang's hand, but he didn't take

all, this was

the book and looked

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

help

Dean became interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the book

what you are supposed to do," Shang said as he put the

hand didn't retreat immediately, and his

Dean asked

"We had a… talk. You could

I abused the

had met the God, and

Shang

he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful,

hadn't met the God in over a century,

the God

watching their every move and that someone

some seconds, the Dean pulled the book

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

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book and

book and put it into

Silence.

looked at