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

Shang just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

at

sound

all, the Mages had even more advantages than

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

if the High Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with

the level of Duke Whirlwind

I were on their level, I would be able to

additional advantages are the only reasons why

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

to his teacher in

his teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear more

reward?"

Dean had already noticed the book in Shang's hand,

this was Shang's

lifted the book and

that will increase the Battle-Strength of

also help you

his hand, waiting for Shang to hand

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

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

Dean asked

nodded. "We had a… talk.

happy that I abused the

the God, and he knew how unstable he

knew very well that Shang could have very

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

a century, which made

that Shang had talked to the God again put newfound respect

someone watching their every move and that someone could end their

pulled the book back and

his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book

and put

Silence.

Dean only looked at the wall as he