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.

remaining warriors

others looked uncomfortably

course, Mistra noticed all of these reactions,

are you saying something like that?"

done incredible things for us, and he taught us things we could

a more emotional standpoint, I wish that

know that he only taught us because of some monetary

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

just wanted as many Impose Stage warriors as possible, and he didn't care who

Silence.

the present

"So, to summarize, you've had a very competent and knowledgeable teacher,

"Correct," the warrior said.

of things

to the next warrior, Shang

asked about Shang again, and the warrior basically

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

the

said," the warrior said immediately before

through the questions first," Mistra said

"Okay," the warrior said.

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

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

student. Anyone that believes that a master or a teacher has to coddle you

he taught us very well. That is what I wanted to

them, just like you. You three seem to be the

The warrior nodded.

is your ideology so

like this," the warrior answered. "Initially, they tried to gain Master's favoritism, but as soon as they were under him for a while, they only complained. They cried all

to stay and that they could leave whenever they

"But they didn't."

Master didn't allow them to. They don't seem thankful at all to him, and I

a couple of times. "Why have you become

Commander Stage warrior in a different city, and

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

never wanted to feel this hopelessness in my life again, and that's why I want to teach people. I don't want them

talent far greater than what they have realized. They just need a