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

looked uncomfortably to the side, while others seemed to silently

course, Mistra noticed all of these reactions, which piqued

something

done incredible things for us, and he taught us things we could have never comprehended on our own. Even after all these years, I feel like my teaching ability

for that, but from a more emotional standpoint, I wish that I wasn't just some number to

of some monetary gain. I don't know who offered him the reward, but I know that's the

care about our

wanted as many Impose Stage warriors as possible,

Silence.

reactions of the present

very competent and knowledgeable

"Correct," the warrior said.

couple of things and sent

next warrior, Shang

asked about Shang again, and the warrior basically said the same thing as the previous

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

the next

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

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

"Okay," the warrior said.

and the warrior had something to say

relationship. We have parents, friends, and family to build

between teacher and student. Anyone

he taught us very well. That is what I

Mistra answered. "The first two have quite a lot of students under them, just like you. You three seem to be

The warrior nodded.

is your ideology so different from

were under him for a while, they only complained.

that he wasn't forcing them to stay and

"But they didn't."

were lazy and are harboring resentment since Master didn't allow them to. They don't seem thankful at

times. "Why have you become

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

bringing me to his town, and when I

feel this hopelessness in my life again, and that's why I want to teach people.

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