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.

that it might not be "appropriate" to feel bad about such

just

He wanted more.

this, Shang," the Dean said. "If I had access to the procedure for myself, I

at

sound

even more advantages than

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

diminish a lot of

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

access to the procedure, and if I were on their level,

additional advantages are the only reasons why I

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

only listened to his teacher

if he

reward?"

in Shang's hand, but he didn't

was

the book

the Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors and

help

and extended his hand, waiting for

know what you are supposed to do," Shang said

hand didn't retreat immediately, and

asked with a

"We had a… talk. You could

very happy that I abused the

God, and

very well that Shang could

at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would probably teach the

the God in over a century, which made the God almost appear surreal

Shang had talked to the God

someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with

some seconds, the Dean pulled the book back and

but his mind was still on the level of a True

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

book and put it into his internal

Silence.

looked at the wall as he fell