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.

this was basically the same as a girlfriend giving an ultimatum to her boyfriend. "It's either your friend or

that case, the only correct decision was to get

been nullified, and everything was back at its old

what kind of path is best for me in your experienced eyes?" Shang asked in a weird tone. He wasn't sure himself if that was mocking or

understanding of the world, but on the other hand, the

honestly not sure

far more experienced than

also only reached the Commander

the Commander Stage was amazing,

perfect, why hadn't they reached the True Path Realm yet? Shang didn't believe that it was impossible

had to be

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

what he

Shang had used with teacher Mervin, but teacher Loran couldn't be sure that Shang had actually ridiculed

It was somewhat confusing.

what is your goal?" teacher

"Power," Shang immediately answered.

wasn't the biggest fan of Shang's answer. People whose goal was only power were often people that committed

essentially weren't humans in teacher

power?" teacher Mervin asked

However, his voice had shown only the slightest bit

said. "What after you

reach my goal?" Shang asked with

being in this world. Let's assume there are no

"What then?"

Silence.

while,

know what

he return to Earth? No,

footsteps and watch the world for

But then what?

he grow bored

went towards

a relationship. Having a relationship meant investing time and effort, which meant having less time and effort

could

he had achieved

…

could have a

learn about what's beyond

world? If there was an Earth, there

there was one God, couldn't there be

seeing that Shang had been