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

Shang just

He wanted more.

to the procedure for myself, I would be able

looked at

sound very

all, the Mages had even more advantages than just

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

advantages, you can diminish a lot of their

that I am only someone on the level of Duke

to the procedure, and if I were on their level, I would be able to fight

additional advantages are the only reasons why I

Dean said with a cold gaze. "You

listened to

sure if his teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear

reward?"

book in Shang's

this was Shang's

the book

something that will increase the Battle-Strength of

help you a

extended his hand, waiting for Shang

that you should know what you are supposed to

didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused on

met him?" the Dean asked with a glint in

a… talk. You could

happy that I abused the

Dean had met the God, and he knew how unstable he

very well that Shang could have

to take a look at it, and

a century, which made the God almost appear

to the God again

was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with

the Dean pulled the book back and

warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted him incredible

the Dean finished reading through the entire book and internalized all

and put it into

Silence.

at the wall as