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.

knew that it might not be "appropriate" to feel

just

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

didn't sound

the Mages had even more advantages

our techniques and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique

can diminish a lot of their advantages

am only someone on the level of

the procedure, and if I were on their

reasons why I can't directly just

said with a cold gaze.

to

if his teacher told the truth or if he was

the reward?" the

in Shang's hand, but he

all, this was Shang's

the book and looked

increase the Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors and

also help

and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the book

supposed to do," Shang said as he

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

him?" the Dean asked

a… talk. You could

I abused

the God, and

that Shang could

at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he

hadn't met the God in over a century,

to the God

their every move and that someone could end their existence with

seconds, the Dean pulled the book back and skimmed

had a warrior's body, but his mind was still on

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book and internalized

book and put

Silence.

looked at the wall as he fell into