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.

that it might not be "appropriate" to feel bad

just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

didn't sound

more advantages

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

if the High Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish a

I am only someone on the

if I were on

additional advantages are the only reasons why I can't

a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be on my

only listened to his teacher in

the truth or if he was only trying to

the reward?" the Dean

already noticed the book in Shang's hand, but he

was Shang's reward,

book and looked

the Battle-Strength of all General Stage

also help you

became interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang

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

hand didn't retreat immediately,

Dean asked with a glint in his

"We had a… talk. You could call it a

I

God, and he knew

knew very well that Shang

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,

century, which made

Shang had talked to the God again put newfound

watching their every move and that someone

some seconds, the Dean pulled the book back and skimmed through

was still on the level of

Dean finished reading through

Dean closed the book and put

Silence.

only looked at the wall as he fell