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"

Shang just

He wanted more.

"If I had access to the procedure for myself, I would be able

at the

didn't sound very

all, the Mages had even 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

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

only someone on the

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

are the only reasons

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

to his teacher

he was only trying to appear

the reward?" the Dean

already noticed the book in

was Shang's reward, not

lifted the book and

that will increase the Battle-Strength of all General

also help

extended his hand, waiting for

to do," Shang said

didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused

the Dean asked with a

talk.

very happy that I

God, and he knew how

Shang could have very

it, and if it were

century,

Shang had talked to the God again put newfound respect

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

the book back and skimmed

but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted him

finished reading through the entire book and internalized

the book and put it into

Silence.

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