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

just

He wanted more.

access to the procedure for myself, I

looked at the

didn't sound

all, the Mages had even more advantages than just their

skeptical, but it's the truth," 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

have even more advantages, you can diminish

on the level of Duke Whirlwind or any

if I were on their level, I would be

the only reasons

lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be on my

listened to his teacher in

told the truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive to

the reward?" the Dean

in Shang's

this was

book and looked

is something that will increase the Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors

also help you a

his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the

what you are supposed to do," Shang said

immediately, and his eyes focused

him?" the Dean asked with a glint in his

a… talk. You could

very happy that I abused

met the God, and he knew

well that Shang

Dean hadn't thought 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 the more talented students

in over a century, which made

had talked to the God again

every move and that someone could end their existence with a

pulled the

was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted him incredible

Dean finished reading through the entire book

closed the book and put it into his internal

Silence.

while, the Dean only looked at the wall