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.

it might not be "appropriate"

just

He wanted more.

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

at the

didn't sound

even more advantages than just their

the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't be able to change anything, but if that gulf can be closed just by a little

diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work,

I am only someone on the level of

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

the only reasons why I can't directly

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

listened to his teacher

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

reward?"

already noticed the book in Shang's

this was Shang's reward, not

the book

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

will also help you

interested and extended his hand,

what you are supposed to do," Shang said as he

immediately, and his eyes focused on

the Dean asked with a glint in

nodded. "We had a… talk. You could call it a

that I abused the rules," Shang

and he knew how unstable

well that Shang could have very likely died

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 the academy the

God in over a century, which

God

was not allowed to forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with a

some seconds, the Dean pulled the book

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

two minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book and internalized all its

the book and put it

Silence.

the Dean only looked at the wall