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

just couldn't

He wanted more.

to the procedure for myself, I would

looked at the

sound

all, the Mages had even more

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

can diminish a

on the level of Duke

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

the only reasons why

the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be

to his

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

reward?"

in Shang's hand, but he

was

book

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

also help you

his hand, waiting

that you should know what you are supposed to do," Shang said as he put the book in

didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes

Dean asked with

"We had a… talk. You could

very happy that I abused the rules," Shang said

had met the God, and he knew how

knew very well that Shang could have very

look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would probably teach the more talented students

God in over a century, which made

had talked to the God again

watching their every move and that someone could end their existence

some seconds, the Dean pulled the book back

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

just two minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book

book and put

Silence.

only looked at the wall as he fell into