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!

one far bigger than the other one. "And these

Just like that? I thought I would need Contribution Points or something like

the valuable techniques. However, as a student of the Caterpillar

you are not allowed to

he heard that. "Not allowed to learn

explained. "Have you thought

Stage until I came here, and I hadn't had the time to think about

Path Stage requires you to create your own path. Ironically, the

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

way of fighting. Of course, as it is now, your fighting style still has a lot of weaknesses, but instead of switching to a different style, you have to further refine and evolve

what he should think of that. "Then what am I even learning here? This is an academy,

teachers are only there to guide you in the

are not going to show you what you should do. We are going to show you what your opponents will do. It is up to

this academy is more like a fitness gym than a fighting dojo. There are trainers walking around in the gym, but they only give advice when asked. They don't specifically hold lessons on how to craft the

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

took the book

SHING!

picture of a muscular arm in black armor, ready

in this building near the front of the second floor. Just hold the Emblem to

should get them first.