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 about such an

Shang just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

at

didn't sound very

more advantages than just their

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

if the High Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work, experience,

on the level of Duke

to the procedure, and if I were on their

the only reasons why I can't

lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what

only listened to his teacher in

truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive

the reward?"

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

was Shang's reward, not

book and looked at

the Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors

help you a

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

are supposed to do," Shang said as he put the book in

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

the Dean asked with a

talk. You could call

very happy that I abused the rules,"

the God, and he knew how unstable

very well that Shang could have very likely died

at it, and if

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

that Shang had talked to the God again put newfound respect into

to forget that there was someone watching their every move and

some seconds, the Dean pulled the book back and skimmed

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

reading through the entire book and

and put it into his

Silence.

a while, the Dean only looked at the wall as he fell into