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.

reactions of the remaining warriors were

others looked uncomfortably to the side, while

Mistra noticed all of

something like that?" Mistra

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

but from a more emotional standpoint, I wish that I

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

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

warriors as possible, and

Silence.

reactions of the present warriors

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

"Correct," the warrior said.

couple of things and sent

next warrior, Shang

Shang again, and the warrior basically said

four Mid Impose

called the

don't believe everything the previous two have said," the warrior said immediately before Mistra could ask her

me get through the questions first," Mistra said with a slight chuckle. "You will

"Okay," the warrior said.

Shang came up, and the

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

you in the future. That's the relationship between teacher and student. Anyone that believes that a master or a teacher has to coddle you like a child is

taught us very well. That is what I wanted to say,"

have quite a lot of students under them, just like you. You three seem to

The warrior nodded.

ideology so different from

the warrior answered. "Initially, they tried to gain Master's favoritism, but as soon as they were under him for a while, they

them to stay and that they could

"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

times. "Why

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

when I reached the

in my life again, and that's why I want to teach people. I don't want

realized. They just need a teacher to help them unlock their