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"

just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

at

didn't sound very

Mages had even more advantages than

seem 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 so wide

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

am only someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind or any other

I were on their

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

listened to his teacher in

sure if his teacher told the truth or if he was only trying to appear more impressive to curb Shang's

the reward?" the

in Shang's hand, but

this was Shang's reward, not

the book and looked at

Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors

help you a

interested and extended his hand, waiting for Shang to

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

didn't retreat immediately, and his eyes

Dean asked with a glint in his

"We had a… talk.

wasn't very happy that I abused the

met the God, and he knew how

well that Shang could have

to do with the reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it.

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

that Shang had talked to the God again put newfound respect into the

someone watching their every move and that someone could end

seconds, the Dean pulled the

still on the level of a True Mage, which granted him incredible comprehension

reading through the entire book and internalized all its

and put it into his

Silence.

at the wall as he