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.

might not be "appropriate" to feel bad

just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

at the

didn't sound

all, the Mages had even more advantages than just

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 able to change

can diminish a lot of their

only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind

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

reasons why I can't directly

accomplishments lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold

to

he was only trying

reward?"

the book in Shang's hand, but

was Shang's

lifted the book and looked

Battle-Strength of all

help you a

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

supposed to do," Shang said

immediately, and his

the Dean asked with a glint

talk.

that I abused

met the God, and he knew how unstable he

Shang could have very likely

Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and

hadn't met the God in over a century, which made the God

Shang had talked to the God

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

seconds, the Dean pulled the book back and skimmed through

mind was still on the level of

finished reading through the entire book and internalized all its

Dean closed the book and

Silence.

while, the Dean only looked at the