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

just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

sound very

all, the Mages had even more advantages than just their

skeptical, but it's the truth," the Dean 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

you can diminish a lot of their

the level of

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

reasons why

said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what

only listened to his teacher

if his teacher told the truth or if he was only

the reward?"

noticed the book in Shang's hand,

this was Shang's

the book and

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

help you

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

said that you should know what you are supposed to do," Shang said as he put the book in the Dean's

hand didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes

asked with a

"We had a… talk. You could

that I abused the rules," Shang said

and

knew very well that Shang

it, and if

over a century, which made

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

the Dean pulled the book back

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

two minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire

the book and put it into his

Silence.

a while, the Dean only looked at the