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.

"appropriate" to feel bad about such

Shang just couldn't help

He wanted more.

for

at the

didn't sound very

had even more advantages than just their Mana

and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't be able to change anything, but if that gulf can be closed just by a little bit, all the

High Mages have even more advantages, you can diminish

think that I am only someone on the

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

reasons why I can't directly just

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

to

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

the reward?"

the book in Shang's hand,

was

book and

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

also help

hand, waiting for Shang to hand

to do," Shang said as he put the book

Dean's hand didn't retreat immediately, and

asked with a glint in

a… talk.

happy that I abused the

the God, and he knew how unstable

that Shang could

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

hadn't met the God in over a century, which made the God almost appear surreal and

the God

that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their existence with a

Dean pulled the book back and skimmed through

body, but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted

Dean finished reading through the entire book

book and put it into

Silence.

only looked at the