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

just

He wanted more.

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

at

sound

Mages had even more advantages than just their Mana

skeptical, but it's the truth," the Dean said. "Don't forget that the strongest aspects of us warriors are our techniques and our battle experience. At the moment, the gulf regarding the baseline is

even more advantages, you can diminish a lot of their advantages

I am only someone on the

procedure, and if I were on their level, I would be

only reasons why I can't directly

take my accomplishments lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You

listened to his

the truth or if he

the reward?"

in Shang's hand,

was Shang's reward, not

book and looked at

will increase the Battle-Strength of all

help you

hand, waiting for Shang to hand the

are supposed to do," Shang said as

hand didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes focused

met him?" the Dean asked with a glint

talk. You could call

wasn't very happy that I

the God, and

well that Shang could have very

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

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

to the God

every move and that someone could end their existence with a

the book back and skimmed through

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

Dean finished reading through the entire book and

book and put it into his internal

Silence.

the Dean only looked at the wall