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 feel bad about such an

just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

at

sound very

more

the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't be able to

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

someone on the level of Duke

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

advantages are the only reasons why I can't directly

take my accomplishments lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be on

only listened to his teacher in

the truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive to

reward?"

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

this was

lifted the book

will increase the Battle-Strength of

will also help you a

Dean became interested and extended his hand,

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

Dean's hand didn't retreat immediately,

asked with a glint in

nodded. "We had a… talk. You could call it a

I

met the God, and he knew how unstable

that Shang could

to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he

God in over a century, which made the

the God again put newfound respect

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

seconds, the Dean pulled the book back and

also had a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage,

two minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire

closed the book and put it into his internal

Silence.

looked at the wall as he fell into