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

just couldn't

He wanted more.

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

looked at the

didn't sound very

more advantages

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 bit,

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

someone on the level of Duke Whirlwind

were on their level, I would be able to

the only reasons why I can't directly just kill

Shang," the Dean said with a cold gaze. "You don't know what it means to be on

only listened to

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

the reward?"

the book in Shang's

was Shang's reward,

lifted the book and looked at

that will increase the Battle-Strength of all General Stage

will also help you

Dean became interested and extended his hand, waiting

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

hand didn't retreat immediately,

asked with a glint in his

a… talk. You could call it a

that I

and

knew very well that Shang

at it, and if it were useful, he would practice

century, which made the God almost appear surreal

the God again put newfound respect into

someone watching their every move and that

pulled the book back and skimmed

also had a warrior's body, but his mind was still on the level of

minutes, the Dean finished reading through the entire book and internalized all its

the book and put it into

Silence.

the Dean only looked at the wall as