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 Spirit Sense moved and looked

They were diligently training.

moment, it was training time. They would get their free

students train for three weeks at a time

no family visits, no talking, no helping others,

weeks of complete isolation and

then, they would get a week to

continue to train, which Shang encouraged, but

this policy was

weeks of focused training with only three

students banded together and

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

only training, their lives would grow dull, unstimulating, boring,

vanish, and training had turned from a

children

friends started to

demanded from them, they

protest, he had snorted

had seen it as a group of children

Worthless.

though Shang didn't want to and even though he

or not, his future was dependent on his Disciples' accomplishments, and if he didn't have any Disciples, his future looked

he was essentially forced to give

said that Shang was probably right in his methods. In their words, they were simply not strong enough to dedicate their entire lives to nothing but

dedication to power and were thankful every

But Shang didn't care.

not to let it show, but he despised his

were all so

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

to comprehend Paths and Impose on a platter,

they would probably need 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

them would

it so difficult

They were so obvious!

struggled with the most basic

but after years

as weak, but others said