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 feel bad

Shang just couldn't help

He wanted more.

for myself, I would be able

at

didn't sound

had even more advantages than just

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 closed just by a little bit,

advantages, you can diminish

only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind

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

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

Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know

only listened to his

if his teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear

the reward?" the

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

all, this was Shang's reward, not

the book and looked

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

also help you a

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

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

retreat immediately, and

asked with a glint in

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

that I

Dean had met the God, and

well that Shang could

and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would probably teach the

met the God in over a century, which made the God almost appear surreal and

God again put

was not allowed to forget that there was someone watching their every

Dean pulled the book back and

his mind was still on the level of a True Mage,

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the

and put it

Silence.

a while, the Dean only looked at the wall