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.

it might not be "appropriate" to feel bad about such

just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

didn't sound very

even more

"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, but if that gulf can be closed just by a little bit, all the techniques

advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard

only someone on the

the procedure, and if I were on their level, I would

are the only reasons why I can't directly just

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

to his teacher in

his teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive to curb Shang's

the reward?" the Dean

book in Shang's hand, but he

was Shang's

book and

that will increase the Battle-Strength of

also help

became interested and extended his hand, waiting for

supposed to do,"

immediately,

asked with a glint

a… talk. You could call it a

I abused the

God, and

that Shang could

look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would probably teach the more talented students

a century, which made the God almost

to the God again put newfound respect

their every move and that someone could end their existence with a

the book

warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted him incredible

reading through the entire book and internalized

Dean closed the book and put it into his internal

Silence.

the Dean only looked at the wall as he fell into