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 such an

just

He wanted more.

had access to the procedure for myself, I would be able to fight the strongest High Mages on

at the

sound very

more advantages than

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

even more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work, experience, and

I am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind or

if I were on their level, I would be able

are the only reasons why I can't

Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it

only listened to his teacher

if he was only trying to appear more impressive to curb

reward?" the Dean

book in Shang's hand, but he didn't take

this was

the book and looked

will increase the Battle-Strength of

also help you

his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the book

said that you should know what you are supposed to

Dean's hand didn't retreat immediately,

Dean asked with

a… talk. You could

very happy that I abused the rules," Shang said

and he knew how unstable

very well that Shang could have very likely died

much 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

met the God in over a century, which made the

to the God

every move and that someone could end

the Dean pulled the

a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a

reading through

closed the book and

Silence.

only looked at the