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

just

He wanted more.

access to the procedure for myself, I would be able to fight the strongest High

looked at the

sound very

had even more advantages

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

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

on the level of Duke

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

the only reasons why I can't directly just kill

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

to his

teacher told the truth or if he was only trying

reward?" the Dean

in Shang's hand, but

was Shang's

lifted the book and

the Battle-Strength

also help you a

and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the book

that you should know what you are supposed to do," Shang

didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused

met him?" the Dean asked with

a… talk.

that I

had met the God, and he knew how unstable he

that Shang could have very likely

reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it

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

had talked to the God again put newfound respect

someone watching their every move and that

the Dean pulled the book back

had a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of a True Mage, which granted him incredible

reading through the

closed the book and put it

Silence.

the Dean only looked at