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.

that it might not be "appropriate" to feel bad about such an

Shang just

He wanted more.

procedure for myself, I would be able to fight the

at

sound very

more advantages than just their Mana

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 won't

High Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work,

am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind

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

reasons why I can't directly just

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

to his teacher in

if he was only trying to appear more impressive

reward?" the Dean

Dean had already noticed the book in Shang's

this was Shang's reward,

book

the Battle-Strength of all

help you

became interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the book

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

hand didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused

met him?" the Dean asked with a glint in his

talk. You

happy that I abused

Dean had met the God, and he knew how unstable

well that Shang could

do with the reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful,

met the God in over a century, which made the God almost appear

the God again put newfound respect

allowed to forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone

some seconds, the Dean pulled the

on the level of a True Mage,

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book and

the book and put it

Silence.

Dean only looked at the wall as he