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

Shang just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

didn't sound very

even more advantages than

of us warriors are our techniques and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't be

advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work, experience, and

am only someone on the level of

were on their level, I would be

reasons

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

only listened to his

or if he was only trying to appear more

the reward?"

had already noticed the book in Shang's

all, this was

the book and

that will increase the Battle-Strength of

also help you

his hand, waiting for Shang to

said that you should know what you are supposed to

didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused

him?" the Dean asked with a

"We had a… talk. You could call it a

wasn't very happy that I abused the rules," Shang said

met the God, and he knew how

knew very well that Shang could have very likely

reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if

hadn't met the God in over a century, which

had talked to the God again put newfound respect

was not allowed to forget that there was someone watching their every move and that

the book back

but his mind was still on the level of

just two minutes, the Dean finished reading through

Dean closed the book and

Silence.

while, the Dean only looked at the wall