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.

be "appropriate" to

Shang just couldn't help

He wanted more.

for myself, I would be able to fight the strongest High Mages on my

looked at the

sound very

had even more advantages than just their

the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide

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

think that I am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind or any other

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

only reasons why I can't directly just

with a cold gaze.

only listened to

his teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive to curb Shang's

the reward?" the Dean

already noticed the book in Shang's hand,

was Shang's reward, not

the book and looked

increase the Battle-Strength of all

also help you

hand, waiting for

are supposed to do," Shang said

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

the Dean asked

a… talk. You could

happy that I abused the rules," Shang

and

Shang could have very likely died

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

a century, which made the God

the God again put newfound respect into

watching their every move and that someone could end their existence

pulled the

a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted him incredible

finished reading through the entire book

book and put it into his

Silence.

while, the Dean only looked at the wall as