Sword God in a World of Magic

"The attack has the power of a Spell from a Peak Adept," the Dean said.

Shang nodded. That was about what he had expected. Sacrificing a bit of General Stage ore to unleash an attack at the Commander Stage would have been too good to be true.

Yes, it definitely wasn't even nearly as strong as when Shang used Entropy himself, but the cost was far more manageable.

Using Entropy himself would cripple Shang permanently, while this attack only cost a bit of ore.

On top of that, a Peak Adept could release terrifying power, enough to severely injure a Peak General Stage beast.

All of this sounded great, but there was one issue.

"The attack doesn't become faster," Shang said as he scratched his chin.

The Dean nodded. "You need to hit your opponent with it. "

The speed was a big issue. Theoretically, Shang could seriously injure a Peak General Stage beast, which was three levels above him, but in practice, Shang wouldn't be able to injure a Peak General Stage beast at all.

Beasts had terrifying instincts, and they would feel the danger coming from Shang's attack.

With their incredible speed, they would easily be able to avoid the attack just by jumping back.

'However, the attack still gives me a chance to win against a Late General Stage beast,' Shang thought.

'If I had that ability during the trial, I could have killed that porcupine. It wasn't as fast and was focused on defense. I should have been able to hit it.'

At that moment, Shang remembered something else.

Hadn't he had that thought once before?

Wait, could he…?

At that moment, Shang furrowed his brows, and after a while, he smirked.

'It should work.'

'It seems like my power has increased yet again!'

At that moment, something appeared in the Dean's hands, and Shang looked at it.

a small, green

will undo the effects of your disguise," the Dean

the pill, and swallowed

it was

minute later, the effect of the pill ended, and Shang's new body was

earlier one was way too bulky, and Shang wasn't a big fan

with that, Shang had completely transitioned away from

had completely returned to

black, and

Shang's clothing. He still wore this

looked like

but he

perfectly in the

of both

be enough. You still somewhat resemble your old self, but no one will connect you

small booklet appeared in the Dean's hand, and he gave it

a list

many of you, which makes the creation of a lesson pointless.

times. Most of them only have an hour of time per day, but that should count for more than a lesson when you can ask whatever questions

that there were some overlaps, but those weren't really

teachers sitting on a couple of benches during the day and some older students asking them

simply taking a break, but apparently,

I have, approximately?" Shang

the Dean answered. "We should have two more procedures complete by then. After that, I need you for maybe a week or

problem. So, until then, I

until then. It would be best if you avoided fighting or hunting with any other students during that time, and if you have to, try to act like your body

to become more familiar with your Mana and your Affinity before he sends you the next set of Spells. You might have finished testing out all

know what your Affinity is, and

Shang nodded.

hadn't told his teacher about what his Affinity

trust his teacher. If his teacher knew, he would probably

the problem was the Dean's closeness to

might tell the Duke

Duke might also not do anything crazy with it, but

reached the

Skythunder King knew something about Shang's Affinity that the Duke

this posed