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.

knew that it might not be "appropriate" to feel

just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

at

sound

more

but it's 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 the techniques become important

you can diminish a lot of their advantages

the level of Duke Whirlwind or any

were on their level, I would be

are the only reasons why

said with a cold

to his teacher

teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to

the reward?" the

had already noticed the book in Shang's hand,

was

book and looked

that will increase the Battle-Strength of

also help

his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the

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

Dean's hand didn't retreat immediately, and

the Dean asked with a

had a… talk.

very happy that I abused the rules," Shang said

and he knew

very well that Shang could have very

a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would probably teach the

over a century, which made the God almost appear surreal

talked to the God again

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

pulled the book

mind was still on the level of a True

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

Dean closed the book and put it

Silence.

the Dean only looked at the wall as he fell