Sword God in a World of Magic

Yes, the teacher in front of Shang was Astor. Right now, he was at the Early Commander Stage, and his Battle-Strength felt about average to Shang.

"So, you're a teacher now, huh?" Shang asked with a friendly smile.

Astor looked around and saw that everyone was looking at them.

"Greetings, Count Sword," Astor said, taking a step back and bowing politely.

Shang raised an eyebrow. "Is this really necessary, Astor? We're friends."

When Astor heard these words, a surprised expression appeared on his face. But then, his expression transformed into an uncomfortable one.

"I'm sorry, Count Sword, but I have to get back to teaching."

When Shang heard that, a small tinge of sadness appeared inside his chest, but he quickly got used to it.

'Yes, what have I even been expecting?'

"I understand," Shang said. Then, he turned to the students of Astor's class. "Your teacher taught me many things when I was young. He is very knowledgeable and very experienced. You can count yourself lucky for having such a teacher."

The eyes with which the students looked at their teacher became more respectful, and there was even a bit of wonder and shock in their eyes.

Shang nodded once more at Astor and turned around.

'What did I even think when I said that?' Shang thought as he walked towards the main building.

'Astor has probably heard that I returned 20 years ago. Maybe he even searched for me or waited for me to look for him.'

'Yet, instead of doing that, I completely vanished. I never looked for him to talk or anything like that.'

'I've been in the same class as Astor for two years, but 30 years have passed since then.'

'Friends? At most, we are old acquaintances.'

Shang released a silent sigh.

but that's due to the long isolation of training. When there is no external stimulus, time passes at

been gone for their entire

probably just greet me

to talk to Mattheo, but that's because Jerald is raising him to become a politician. He should

thought about Mattheo, he felt

of Shang's age,

at the sky. 'Power changes my

had back then don't feel like my friends anymore, and the colossal giants I've looked up to have transformed into people

moment, Shang remembered his

realized what

knew had no

continue training in isolation as

was already

already begun learning to

longer the same people, and to the same extent, Shang also wasn't the

my friends, but that's because

deteriorate. After all, I'm planning on reaching further

and walked into a

this world, and I'm certain that there are many

wall. A moment later, the wall opened, and a

all these unimaginable geniuses didn't manage to become the most

because they

everyone else just

'Of course not.'

down the stairs into the

I want to keep up with them and even surpass them, I have to sacrifice more than anyone

my time with friendships, outings, family, romance,

to become the most powerful, I must

an image appeared in

a scene where Shang and George were much older, and they were looking

sad

to bear if

slowly walked through the basement and

door was a long