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.

not be "appropriate" to feel bad about

just

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

sound very

the Mages had even more advantages than

"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,

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

that I am only someone on the

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

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

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

listened to

wasn't sure if his teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive to

reward?"

already noticed the book in Shang's hand, but

all, this was Shang's reward,

lifted the book and

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

also help you

and extended his hand, waiting for

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

hand didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused on

asked with a

talk. You could call

I abused the

and he knew

well that Shang could

about what to do with the reward. Originally, 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

in over a century, which made the

Shang had talked to the God again put newfound respect into

allowed to forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with a

the book back and skimmed

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

two minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire

and put it into his

Silence.

only looked at the