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.

warriors, his Spirit Sense moved

They were diligently training.

was training time. They would get their free time in

that his students train for three weeks at a time with zero breaks and

no helping others, no

of complete isolation

would get a

encouraged, but

for this policy

demanded four weeks of focused training with only three

banded together and collectively

to protect their loved ones, attain freedom,

by only training, their lives would grow

vanish, and training had turned

wives and children became estranged from

started to

what their Master demanded from them, they

Shang had seen their protest, he

had seen it as a

Worthless.

to and even though he viewed it

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

essentially forced to give in

also said that Shang was probably right in his methods. In their words, they were simply not strong enough to dedicate their entire lives

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

But Shang didn't care.

not to let it

all so

but they could barely win against a beast a

to comprehend Paths and Impose on a platter,

need 100 to 200 years to create

also completely designing and reforging all his Mana Pathways. Without that, he would have probably only

now, some of them

was it so difficult

They were so obvious!

Disciples seemingly struggled with the most basic stuff and asked stupid

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

that Shang despised them as weak, but others said that this was simply how their