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.

the True Path Stage warriors, his Spirit Sense moved and looked at his

They were diligently training.

it was training time. They would get their free time

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

no family visits, no talking, no

weeks of complete isolation and

they would get a week to do whatever they

which Shang encouraged,

reason for this policy was

Shang demanded four weeks of focused training with only

together and collectively gave Shang an

protect their loved ones, attain freedom, earn money, and so

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

their own motivation to become powerful vanish, and training had turned from a hobby into

children

friends started

truly was what their Master demanded from them, they would rather not be his

Shang had seen their protest, he had snorted

had seen it as a group of

Worthless.

even though he viewed it

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

he was essentially forced to give in to the demands

Disciples 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 their entire lives

were thankful every day that their Master was willing

But Shang didn't care.

to let it

were all so

their gullets, but they

presenting the way to comprehend Paths and Impose

probably need 100

designing and reforging all his Mana Pathways. Without that, he would

now, some of them would take

so difficult

They were so obvious!

Disciples seemingly struggled with the most basic stuff and asked stupid questions

Disciples, but after years of

but others said that this