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.

knew that it might not be "appropriate" to feel bad about such

just couldn't help

He wanted more.

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

at

didn't sound

the Mages had even more advantages than

regarding the baseline is so wide that technique won't be able to change anything, but if that gulf can be closed just

you can diminish a lot of their advantages with hard work,

someone on the level

were on

are the only reasons

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

listened to his teacher

his teacher told the truth or if he was

reward?" the Dean

noticed the book in Shang's hand, but he

was Shang's reward, not

book

increase the Battle-Strength of all General Stage warriors

help you

hand, waiting for Shang to

what you are supposed to do," Shang said as he put the

Dean's hand didn't retreat immediately,

met him?" the Dean asked with

a… talk. You could call it a

happy that I

and he knew how unstable

well that Shang

Dean hadn't thought much about what to do with the reward. Originally, he only wanted to take a look at it, and if it were useful, he would practice it. Then, he would probably teach the

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

had talked to the God again put newfound respect into the

that there was someone watching their every move and that

seconds, the Dean pulled the book back and

body, but his mind was still on

the Dean finished reading through the

Dean closed the book and put it into his

Silence.

at the wall as