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.

it might not be "appropriate" to

just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

at

didn't sound

Mages had even more advantages than just their Mana

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

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

think that I am only someone on the

I were on their level, I

only reasons why I can't directly just kill

Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be

to his teacher in

told the truth or if he was only trying to

the reward?" the

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

this was Shang's

the book and looked

is something that will increase the Battle-Strength of

also help

and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the

know what you are supposed to

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

asked with a glint in

nodded. "We had a… talk.

happy that I abused the rules," Shang said

Dean had met the God, and he knew

Shang could

what to do with the reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if

in over a century, which made the God

talked to the God again put newfound respect into

watching their every move and that

pulled the book back and skimmed through

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

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

Dean closed the book and put it into his internal

Silence.

only looked at the wall as he fell into