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"

just couldn't

He wanted more.

procedure for myself,

looked at

sound

had even more advantages than just

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

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

am only someone on the

access to the procedure, and if I were on their level, I would be able to fight evenly with

are the only reasons why I can't directly

take my accomplishments lightly, Shang," the Dean said with a cold

to

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

the reward?" the Dean

in Shang's hand, but

all, this was Shang's reward,

book and looked at

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

help you

his hand, waiting for Shang to hand the

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

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

him?" the Dean asked with a glint in his

a… talk. You could call it a

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

Dean had met the God, and he knew how unstable he

knew very well that Shang could have very

take a look at it, and if it

met the God in over a century, which made the

had talked to the God

forget that there was someone watching their every move

seconds, the Dean pulled the book

was still on the level of a

just two minutes, the Dean finished reading through

Dean closed the book and put

Silence.

Dean only looked at the wall as he