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 to her boyfriend. "It's

that case, the only correct decision was to get

and everything was back at its

eyes?" Shang asked in a weird

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

sure

were far more experienced than

had also only reached

Stage was amazing, but Shang's goals reached

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

to be

gold, it would only help Shang reach the Commander Stage, and even worse, it might actually stop Shang from ever reaching the

that, Shang was uncertain what he should

with teacher Mervin, but teacher Loran couldn't be sure that Shang

It was somewhat confusing.

is your goal?"

"Power," Shang immediately answered.

Shang's answer. People whose goal was only power were often people that committed the most horrible atrocities to satiate their own greed for

that essentially weren't humans in teacher Loran's

power?" teacher Mervin

voice had shown only

"What after you reach your

I reach my goal?" Shang asked

most powerful being in this world. Let's assume there are no more enemies that

"What then?"

Silence.

while, Shang was

didn't know what

he return to

in the God's footsteps and

But then what?

grow

went towards love

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

could

what after he had achieved

…

he could

learn about what's

world? If there was an Earth, there might actually be

one God, couldn't

you have your answer?" teacher Mervin asked after seeing that Shang had been quiet for over 20