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

warrior, while others looked uncomfortably to the side, while others

of these reactions,

you saying something like that?"

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

respect him deeply for that, but from a more emotional standpoint, I wish

got out of 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

care

Impose Stage warriors

Silence.

present

and knowledgeable teacher, but

"Correct," the warrior said.

down a couple of things and sent

to the next

Shang again, and the warrior basically

Mid Impose Stage warriors didn't have as many problems with Shang

called the

two have said," the warrior said

through the questions first," Mistra said

"Okay," the warrior said.

and the warrior had something to say

friends, and

teach me, and I will repay you in the future. That's the relationship between teacher and student. Anyone that believes that

and he taught us very well. That is

lot of students under them, just like you.

The warrior nodded.

your ideology so different

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

told them that he wasn't forcing them to stay and that they could leave

"But they didn't."

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

times. "Why have

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

town, and when I

that's why I want to teach people. I don't want them to die

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