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.

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

three weeks

meant no family visits, no talking, no helping others, no

complete isolation

get a week to

encouraged, but ultimately,

for this

of focused training with

together and collectively gave Shang an

powerful to protect their loved

lives would grow dull, unstimulating,

vanish, and training had turned from a hobby into

wives and children

started to

this truly was what their Master demanded from them,

Shang had seen their protest, he had

had seen it as a group

Worthless.

he viewed it as a stupid decision, he

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

essentially forced to give in to the

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

to power and were thankful every day that their Master

But Shang didn't care.

tried his best not to let it show, but

were all

of Mana Crystals down their gullets, but they

essentially presenting the way to comprehend Paths and Impose on a platter, but the progress of his Disciples

probably need 100 to 200 years

and he had done that blindly while also completely designing and reforging all his Mana Pathways. Without that, he

now, some of them would

was it so difficult to comprehend

They were so obvious!

with the most basic stuff and asked stupid questions

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

said that this was simply how