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"

Shang just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

sound

all, the Mages had even more advantages than just their Mana

the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that

can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard

am only someone on the

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

additional advantages are the only reasons why I can't directly just

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

listened to his

if he was only trying to appear more

the reward?" the

noticed the book in

this was Shang's reward,

the book

increase the Battle-Strength of all

also help you

hand,

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

retreat immediately, and

Dean asked with a glint in

a… talk. You could

I abused

and he knew how

Shang could have very likely

take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would

the God in over a century, which made

the God again put newfound respect into the

that there was someone watching their every move and

seconds, the Dean pulled the book

his mind was still on the level of

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book and internalized

book and put it

Silence.

the Dean only looked at the wall as he fell