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

Shang just

He wanted more.

for

at the

sound very

all, the Mages had even more advantages than

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

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

that I am only someone on the level

if I were on their level, I would

reasons why I can't

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

listened to his teacher in

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

reward?"

book in Shang's hand, but he didn't take

all, this was Shang's reward,

the book and looked

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

will also help

hand, waiting for Shang to hand

to do," Shang

immediately, and his eyes

Dean asked

had a… talk. You could call it a

very happy that I

and he knew

knew very well that Shang could have very

only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it.

over a century, which made

the God again put newfound

every move and that

Dean pulled the book back

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

two minutes, the Dean finished reading through

Dean closed the book and put it

Silence.

a while, the Dean only looked at the wall as he fell into