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 bad about such an

just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

at the

didn't sound

even more

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 technique

more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with

I am only someone on the level

I were on their

only reasons why I

cold

only listened to his

the truth or if he was only trying to appear

reward?"

the book in Shang's hand, but he didn't

all, this was Shang's reward, not

lifted the book and looked

Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors and

help

and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to

that you should know what you are supposed to do," Shang said as

retreat immediately, and

the Dean asked with

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

that I abused the rules," Shang

the God, and he knew how unstable

that Shang could have very

thought much about what to do with the reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were

in over a century, which made

had talked to the God again put newfound respect into

that there was someone watching their every move and that someone

seconds, the Dean pulled the book back and skimmed

also had a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a True

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the

and

Silence.

at the wall as he fell