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

others looked

all of these reactions,

are you saying something like that?" Mistra

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 feel like my teaching

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

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

doesn't care

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

Silence.

present

and knowledgeable teacher, but he has been very cold and

"Correct," the warrior said.

down a couple of things and sent the

talked to the next warrior, Shang

about Shang again, and the warrior basically said the same thing

reactions were neutral or negative. The remaining four Mid Impose Stage

the

have said," the

Mistra said with a slight

"Okay," the warrior said.

topic 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

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

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

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

The warrior nodded.

so

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 the time that they wanted more free time and that Master was supposed to help us achieve our goals

wasn't forcing them to stay

"But they didn't."

resentment since Master didn't allow them

nodded a couple of times. "Why have you

a Commander Stage warrior in a different city, and I felt

by bringing me to his town, and when

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

realized. They just need