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.

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far bigger than the other one. "And these are

at the new book with furrowed brows. "All of them? Just like that? I thought I would need Contribution Points or something

Points for the valuable techniques. However, as a student of the

not allowed to learn

to learn them?

Soran explained. "Have you thought

Stage until I came here, and I

your own path. Ironically, the True

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 copying

already have your own personalized 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

am I even learning here? This is an

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 the lines of experienced

are going to show you what your opponents will do. It is up to

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

human body can do. But here? I can imagine this being more effective in the long

the

SHING!

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

the front of the second floor. Just

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