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

looked uncomfortably to the side, while

noticed all of these reactions, which piqued

you saying something

honest. Yes, Master has done incredible things for us, and he taught us things we could have

from a more emotional standpoint, I wish

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

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

warriors as possible, and he didn't care who

Silence.

of the present

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

"Correct," the warrior said.

down a couple of things and sent the warrior on

she talked to the next warrior,

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

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

called the next

everything the previous two have said," the

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

"Okay," the warrior said.

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

and family to build relationships. Having a master

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

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

Mistra answered. "The first two have quite a lot of students under them, just like you.

The warrior nodded.

your ideology so different from theirs?" Mistra

Master's favoritism, but as soon as they were under him for a while, they only complained. They cried all

wasn't forcing them to stay and that

"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 him, and I

a couple of times. "Why have

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

town, and when I reached the True

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

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