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.

about the True Path Stage warriors, his

They were diligently training.

training time. They would get their free time in a couple

three weeks at a time with zero breaks and

no helping others, no running errands,

weeks of complete

would get a week

to train, which Shang encouraged, but ultimately,

reason for this policy

Shang demanded four weeks of focused training with only three days of free

students banded together and collectively gave

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

said that by only training, their lives would grow dull,

vanish, and

children became

friends started to

this truly was what their Master demanded from

their protest,

as a group of children

Worthless.

even though Shang didn't want to and even though he viewed it as a

was dependent on his Disciples' accomplishments,

forced to give in to the demands he saw as

had thanked him profusely, and they had also said that Shang was probably right in his methods. In their words, they were simply not strong enough to dedicate

his dedication to power and were thankful every day that

But Shang didn't care.

let it show, but he despised

all so

gullets, but

comprehend Paths and Impose on a platter, but the progress of

that they would probably need 100 to

and reforging all his Mana Pathways. Without that,

now, some of them would

was it so difficult to comprehend

They were so obvious!

seemingly struggled with the most basic stuff

for his Disciples, but after years of being under Shang, some of them had seen through

others said that