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 feel bad

just couldn't help

He wanted more.

said. "If I had access to the procedure for

looked at the

didn't sound

Mages had even more advantages

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 that technique won't be able to change anything, but if that gulf can be closed just by a little

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

I am only someone on the

I were on their level, I would

only reasons why I can't directly

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

only listened to his teacher in

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

the reward?" the Dean

noticed the book in

was Shang's reward,

lifted the book and

will increase the Battle-Strength of

also help you a

extended his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the

are supposed to do," Shang

retreat immediately,

him?" the Dean asked with a

nodded. "We had a… talk. You

wasn't very happy that I abused the rules," Shang

God, and

Shang could have very

a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would probably teach the more talented students in the

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

Shang had talked to the God again put

their every move and that someone could end their existence with a mere

some seconds, the Dean pulled the book back

body, but his mind was still on the level of a True

just two minutes, the Dean finished reading through

closed the book and put it into

Silence.

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