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.

not be "appropriate" to feel

Shang just couldn't help

He wanted more.

Shang," the Dean said. "If I had access to the procedure for myself, I would be able to fight

at the

didn't sound very

the Mages had even more advantages

our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding

High Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work, experience, and

I am only someone on the level

and if I were on their level, I would be able to fight evenly

reasons why I can't

my accomplishments lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what

only listened to his

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

the reward?"

Dean had already noticed the book in Shang's

this was Shang's reward, not

lifted the book and looked

the Battle-Strength of all

also help you a

interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the book

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

didn't retreat immediately, and

met him?" the Dean asked with a

nodded. "We had a… talk. You

wasn't very happy that I

had met the God, and he knew how unstable he

well that Shang could have

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 academy the

in over a century, which made the God

the God again put

not allowed to forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their

pulled the book

body, but his mind was still on the level of a

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

closed the book and

Silence.

looked at the wall as