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

They were diligently training.

would

three weeks at

talking, no helping others, no running errands,

of complete

a week to

encouraged, but ultimately, they could do what they

this policy

focused training

Shang's students banded together and collectively

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

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

motivation to become powerful vanish, and training had turned from a hobby into something they

and children became estranged

started to

was what their Master demanded from

Shang had seen their protest,

as a group of

Worthless.

want to and even though he viewed it as a stupid decision, he still changed the

his Disciples' accomplishments, and

of that, he was essentially forced to give in to the demands

methods. In their words, they were simply not strong enough to dedicate their

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

But Shang didn't care.

tried his best not to let it

all

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

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

100

had only needed about 80 years, 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 years,

now, some of them would take

it so difficult to

They were so obvious!

struggled with the most basic stuff and

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

said that this was simply how their