Sword God in a World of Magic

Mistra continued summoning one warrior after the other, and eventually, she reached the Mid Impose Stage warriors.

Those were the ones that taught nearly everyone else. In total, there were seven, but only three of them had apparently taken up the mantle of teacher.

When she asked the Mid Impose Stage warriors questions, Mistra became a bit surprised.

Their answers were different.

They were far more detailed.

The other warriors had explained what they were doing and why they were doing it, but they didn't explain why the stuff they were doing actually worked.

Yet, these Mid Impose Stage warriors were also explaining why the things they were doing actually produced results.

This time, Mistra took longer to ask the Impose Stage warriors about their thoughts, and she also started to jot down a lot of new things in her booklet.

"And where did you learn all of these things?" she asked near the end.

"Master taught me," the warrior explained, gesturing to Shang.

"Oh?" Mistra muttered. This had been the first time anyone had directly been in contact with this mysterious white warrior. Everyone else had only talked about him in a very distant way like they had never actually met.

"I've noticed that you and two other warriors were referred to as teacher by many warriors. How come your disciples are calling you teacher, but you call your teacher master?" Mistra asked.

"There are many teachers but only one Master," the warrior said. "We chose not to use the title master out of our respect for our Master."

"We are teachers, not masters," he said.

"Mhm," Mistra uttered. "And your master is not a teacher?"

Surprisingly, the warrior didn't answer for two seconds.

"No," he said.

"What's the difference?" Mistra asked.

The warrior remained silent for a bit.

Then, he looked over at Shang for a while and looked back.

"Because we care about our students," he said.

the remaining warriors were

while others looked uncomfortably

of these

are you saying something like

sighed. "I believe in being honest. Yes, Master has done incredible things for us, and he taught us things we could have never comprehended on our own.

more emotional

some monetary gain. I don't know who offered him the reward, but I know that's the only reason why he even

care about our power. He doesn't care about

many Impose Stage warriors as

Silence.

present warriors

said. "So, to summarize, you've had a very competent and knowledgeable teacher, but he has been very cold and indifferent to

"Correct," the warrior said.

of things and sent the

talked to the next warrior, Shang came

the warrior basically said the same thing as the

time, the reactions were neutral or negative. The remaining four Mid Impose Stage warriors didn't have as many

called the next

said," the warrior said immediately before Mistra could

me get through the questions first," Mistra said

"Okay," the warrior said.

and the warrior

friends, and family

teach me, and I will repay you in the future. That's the relationship between teacher and student. Anyone that believes that a master

just that. He taught us, and he taught us

first two have quite a lot of students under them, just like you. You three

The warrior nodded.

so different from theirs?"

as soon as they were under him for a while, they only complained.

he wasn't forcing them to stay and that they could leave

"But they didn't."

were lazy and are harboring resentment since Master didn't allow them to. They don't seem thankful at all to him, and I despise them for

a couple of times. "Why have

that there was no way forward. I was a Commander Stage

when I reached the True Path Stage, he

that's why I want to teach people. I don't want them to die an early

realized. They