Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at teacher Loran and teacher Mervin. Both of them didn't seem to be in good spirits.

"Yes?" Shang asked emotionlessly.

Teacher Mervin had a calm expression on his face, while teacher Loran frowned.

Teacher Mervin looked at teacher Loran and then at Shang. "I am here as a mediator," he said.

Shang scoffed. "Mediator?" he asked. "Weren't you on his side when he tried to threaten me into following his demands?"

"No, I was not," teacher Mervin said.

This surprised Shang.

Teacher Mervin wasn't?

But hadn't teacher Loran said that teacher Mervin was on his side?

Shang looked at teacher Loran with furrowed brows.

"I assumed they were on board, but they weren't," teacher Loran grumbled.

Shang narrowed his eyes.

Not only had teacher Loran wanted to threaten Shang into compliance, but he had also lied about the stance of the other teachers.

"While I agree with teacher Loran's goals," teacher Mervin said, "I don't agree with his methods."

"I believe following his advice is the correct choice for you, but I think he hasn't communicated his advice correctly."

Teacher Loran only snorted.

Shang had already learned that teacher Loran was basically a stubborn old man stuck in his ways.

Getting him to admit to a mistake was basically impossible.

"Shang, we three will not stand in your way if you want to pursue special training," teacher Mervin said. "I also talked with teacher Olga, and she is in agreement. While we do wish for you to change for the better, we won't force this upon you."

"We are your teachers. You are our student. We can teach you what is right or wrong, but we can't force you to follow our advice. Doing so would be denying your individuality."

"We can use our experienced eyes to search for the best path, but only you can walk it."

By now, Shang had calmed down a lot.

The fact that teacher Loran had essentially threatened him with his future had irked Shang to no end.

as a girlfriend giving an ultimatum

only correct decision was to get rid of the

ultimatum had been nullified, and everything was back at

in your experienced eyes?" Shang asked in a weird tone. He wasn't

hand, the teachers had

sure if he should

were far more experienced than

they had also only reached the Commander

was amazing, but

the True Path Realm yet? Shang didn't believe that it was impossible

had to be

be worth its weight in gold, it would only help Shang reach the Commander Stage, and even worse, it might actually

what he should make

didn't like the tone Shang had used with teacher Mervin, but

It was somewhat confusing.

is your goal?"

"Power," Shang immediately answered.

People whose goal was only power were often people that committed the most horrible atrocities

like that essentially weren't humans

teacher

after a bit. However, his voice had shown only the slightest bit

"What after you reach

reach my goal?" Shang

in this world. Let's assume there are no more enemies that can

"What then?"

Silence.

while, Shang

didn't know what he

to

he follow in the God's footsteps and watch the

But then what?

grow

went towards love and

Shang was not interested in a relationship. Having a relationship meant investing time and effort, which meant having less time and effort

relationship could

after he had

…

he could have

what's

more powerful people outside this world? If there

there was one God, couldn't there be

you have your answer?" teacher Mervin asked after seeing that Shang had been quiet for