Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang returned to the town and took over as Town Lord again.

He had only been gone for a couple of minutes, and nothing happened during those.

After checking through the town and making sure that everything was alright, Shang looked at the mortal district again.

It had changed so much.

The part of the mortal district outside the town was now over two kilometers wide, and the warriors had built powerful and tall walls.

The academies were packed with students.

By now, the academy had probably reached the level of the warrior's academy in Area 23.

In just 40 years, it had closed a gap of 400 years.

And how had the Warrior Academy achieved that?

Powerful Mages.

The Mages had built the academy.

The Mages' technology protected the town.

The Mages set up the mortal district.

The Mages had simplified the Bloodline Infusion and had created several methods to forge equipment.

The academy in Area 23 had gone through several dangerous times.

The Day of Chaos.

The civil war.

The threat of other Kingdoms.

But instead of fighting the Mages, the Warrior Academy here benefited from them.

By now, there were hundreds of Commander Stage warriors in the mortal district, and there was a two-digit number of True Path Stage warriors.

Path Stage warriors, his Spirit Sense moved

They were diligently training.

time. They would get their free

train for three weeks at a time with

meant no family visits, no talking, no

weeks of complete isolation

would get a week to do whatever they

Shang encouraged, but ultimately,

this policy

of focused training with only

and collectively

powerful to protect their loved ones, attain freedom, earn money, and so

by only training, their lives would grow dull,

vanish, and training had turned from a

wives and children became estranged

started to

from them, they would rather not be

their protest, he had snorted in

as a group of

Worthless.

didn't want to and even though he viewed

his future was dependent on his Disciples' accomplishments, and if he didn't

that, he was essentially forced to give in to the

and they had also said that Shang was probably right in his methods. In their words,

deeply respected their Master for his dedication to power and were thankful every day that their Master was willing to

But Shang didn't care.

his best not to let it show, but he despised

were all

down their gullets, but they could barely win against a beast a

and Impose on a

100 to 200 years to create their

and he had done that blindly while also completely designing and reforging all his Mana Pathways. Without that, he would have probably only taken 50

some of them

it so difficult to comprehend these

They were so obvious!

his Disciples seemingly struggled with the most basic stuff

for his Disciples, but after years of being under Shang, some

but others said that this was simply how their