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

just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

at

didn't sound very

had even more advantages than just

the 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 won't be able to change anything, but if that gulf can be closed just by a little bit, all

diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work, experience,

on the level of Duke Whirlwind or any other

I were on their level,

are the only reasons why I can't directly just

said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what

to his teacher in

wasn't sure if his teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear more

reward?" the Dean

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

all, this was

book and looked

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

will also help you a

his hand, waiting for

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

didn't retreat immediately,

the Dean asked with a glint in

had a… talk. You could call

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

the God, and he knew how unstable

well that Shang could have very likely

about 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

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

God again put

watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with a

Dean pulled the

a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted

just two minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book and

closed the book and put it

Silence.

only looked at