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

just

He wanted more.

procedure for myself, I

looked at

sound very

the Mages had even more

our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't be able to change anything,

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

am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind

if I were on their level, I would be able

the only reasons

said with a cold gaze. "You

listened to his teacher

or if he was only trying to

reward?" the Dean

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

was Shang's

book and looked

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

will also help you

interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to

you are supposed to do," Shang said

didn't retreat immediately,

the Dean asked

nodded. "We had a… talk. You could call it

happy that I abused the rules," Shang said

Dean had met the God, and he

knew very well that Shang could have very

only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he

hadn't met the God in over a century, which made the God almost appear

God again put newfound respect

their every move and that someone could end

pulled the

mind was still on the level

the Dean finished reading through the entire book and

the book and put it into his internal

Silence.

at the wall as he