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.

might not be "appropriate" to

just couldn't

He wanted more.

said. "If I had access to the procedure for myself, I would

looked at the

sound very

all, the Mages had even more advantages than just their

strongest aspects of us warriors are our techniques 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

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

that I am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind or any

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

the only reasons why

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

to his teacher

his teacher told the truth or if he was only

the reward?" the Dean

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

was Shang's

lifted the book and looked at

will increase the Battle-Strength of all General Stage

also help you a

extended his hand, waiting

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

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

Dean asked with a glint

a… talk. You

that I abused

the God, and he knew

well that Shang could have very likely

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

Dean hadn't met the God in over a century, which made the God

the God again put

to forget that there was someone watching their every move and that someone could end their

pulled the book back and skimmed through

but his mind was still on the level

Dean finished reading through the entire book and internalized all

the book and put it

Silence.

a while, the Dean only looked at the