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 feel bad about

Shang just

He wanted more.

access to the procedure for myself, I would

at the

didn't sound

Mages had even more advantages

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

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

that I am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind

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

additional advantages are the only reasons why I can't

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

listened to

truth or if he

the reward?"

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

all, this was Shang's reward,

book

something that will increase the Battle-Strength of

will also help you a

interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to

God said that you should know what you are supposed to

immediately, and

Dean asked with a glint

a… talk. You could

I abused the

the God, and

that Shang could have

Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it.

century, which made the God almost appear surreal and

God again put newfound respect into the

not allowed to forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with a mere

pulled the book back and skimmed

was still on the level

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

and put it into

Silence.

looked at the wall as he fell into