Sword God in a World of Magic

"Has Master told you what the Caterpillar Class represents?" Soran asked.

"No, but I can guess what it's for," Shang answered. "It's probably a class designed for warriors to reach the True Path Stage in the future, right?"

"Oh?" Soran uttered in surprise. "How did you find out?"

"The name and also the dean's advice," Shang said. "I presume the students of the Caterpillar class are weak in the beginning just so they can build upon their foundations until they explode forward in power. Just like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Additionally, the dean told me that I should hone my Battle-Strength as much as I can before reaching the General Stage."

"Correct," Soran said with a nod. "By the way, when is your procedure scheduled?"

"Not for another 18 months or so."

Soran lifted an eyebrow. "That's quite a long time. It seems like Master puts a lot of emphasis on your growth. In my eyes, your Battle-Strength is already enough for you to reach the General Stage."

Then, Soran shrugged. "However, that's why I'm a Commander Stage warrior and why Master is a True Path Stage Warrior. He knows better than me."

"Anyway," Soran said as he took out a book from his Space Ring. "This is a copy of the rules and your schedule."

Shang took the book into his hands.

SHING!

than the other one. "And

"All of them? Just like that? I thought I would need Contribution Points or something like

Points for the valuable techniques. However, as a student of the Caterpillar Class, you don't need

are not allowed to learn

when he heard that. "Not allowed to learn

trust me," Soran explained. "Have you thought about why the True Path Stage is

of the True Path Stage until I came here, and I hadn't had the time to

own path. Ironically, the True Path doesn't refer to the one true

He has found his path. However, his path isn't your path. The reason why no one was able to reach the True Path Realm in the past was that everyone learned from the strongest warriors, which essentially was just

and abilities will influence you and make it harder for you to create your own path. You already have your own personalized way of fighting. Of course, as it is now, your fighting style still

what am I even learning here?

for students of your class," Soran said. "You are your own teachers. We actual teachers are only there to guide you in the right direction and provide different kinds of services. Our dynamic is more along

you what you should do. We are going to show you what your opponents will do. It

gym than a fighting dojo. There are trainers walking around in the gym, but they only give advice when asked. They

earth, this wouldn't make much sense. After all, there is only so much a human body can do. But here? I can imagine this being more

took the book

SHING!

On the Emblem was the picture of a muscular arm in black armor,

building near the front of the second

room first. Your uniforms are there, and you should get them first. If you decide to live in the Farm Line, tell us. There's no reason