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.

"appropriate" to feel bad about such an

just

He wanted more.

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

at the

sound

the Mages had even more advantages than just

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

even more advantages, you can diminish a

the level of Duke Whirlwind

on their level, I would be able

reasons

Dean said with a cold

listened to his

wasn't sure if his teacher told the truth or if he

reward?"

had already noticed the book in Shang's hand, but he didn't

this was Shang's reward,

lifted the book and looked at

Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors and

help

hand, waiting for

said that you should know what you are supposed to do," Shang said

didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes

asked with a glint in

"We had a… talk. You

very happy that I abused the rules," Shang

met the God, and he knew how unstable he

Shang

only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he

the God in over a century, which made the God almost appear surreal and

talked to the God again put newfound respect into

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

the Dean pulled the book

on the level of a True Mage, which granted him

finished reading through the entire book and

Dean closed the book and put it

Silence.

Dean only looked at the wall