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.

of the remaining warriors were very

others looked uncomfortably to the side, while others seemed to silently

noticed all of these reactions,

saying something like

took a deep breath and 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. Even after all these years, I

emotional standpoint, I wish that I

sure what he got out of it, but I know that he only taught us because of some monetary gain. I don't know who offered him the reward, but I know that's the only reason why he even taught

care about our power. He doesn't care about our happiness. He doesn't care

warriors as

Silence.

reactions of the present warriors were mixed

summarize, you've had a very competent and knowledgeable teacher, but he has been very

"Correct," the warrior said.

jotted down a couple of things and sent

to the next

Shang again, and the warrior basically said

negative. The remaining four Mid Impose Stage warriors didn't have as many problems

called the

believe everything the previous two have said," the warrior said immediately before Mistra

the questions first," Mistra said with a slight chuckle. "You

"Okay," the warrior said.

of Shang came up, and the warrior had something to say

teacher or a master is not about building a relationship. We have parents, friends, and family to build relationships. Having a master

That's the relationship between teacher and student.

done just that. He taught us, and he taught us very well. That

a lot of students under them, just like you. You three seem to be the most popular teachers amongst the Mid Impose Stage warriors.

The warrior nodded.

is your ideology so different

but as soon as they were under him for a while, they only complained. They cried all the time that they wanted more free time and that

quickly told them that he wasn't forcing them to stay and that they

"But they didn't."

them to. They don't seem thankful

times.

that there was no way forward. I was a Commander Stage warrior in a different

by bringing me to his town, and when I reached the True Path Stage, he

this hopelessness in my life again, and that's why I want to teach people. I don't want them to die an early

far greater than what they have realized. They just need a teacher to help