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" to feel bad about

just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

at

sound

had even 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

can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard

that I am only someone on the level

access to the procedure, and if I were on their

only reasons why I can't directly

cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be

listened to

the truth or if he was only trying to appear

the reward?" the Dean

the book in Shang's hand,

all, this was Shang's reward, not

the book and looked at

that will increase the Battle-Strength of all General

help you

Dean became interested and extended his hand,

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

Dean's hand didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused

him?" the Dean asked with

"We had a… talk. You could call

very happy that I

God, and he

knew very well that Shang could have very likely

look at it, and

century, which

Shang had talked to the God

forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with a mere

some seconds, the Dean pulled the book

was still on the

through the entire book and

Dean closed the book and put it into

Silence.

at the wall as he