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.

of the remaining

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

Mistra noticed all of these reactions, which piqued

are you saying something

us, and he taught us things we could have never comprehended

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

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

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

just wanted as many Impose Stage 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

"Correct," the warrior said.

things and sent the warrior on

talked to the next warrior, Shang came up

basically said the same

or negative. The remaining four Mid Impose Stage warriors didn't have as many problems with Shang as the first

called the next

two have said," the warrior said immediately before Mistra could

questions first," Mistra said with a slight chuckle. "You will get your

"Okay," the warrior said.

and the

or a master is not about building a relationship. We have parents, friends, and family

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 you like a

he taught us very

you. You three seem to be the most popular teachers amongst the Mid Impose Stage warriors.

The warrior nodded.

your ideology so different from theirs?" Mistra

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

to stay and that

"But they didn't."

opinion, they simply were lazy and are harboring resentment since Master didn't allow them to. They don't seem thankful at all to him, and I despise

nodded a couple of times. "Why have

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

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

never wanted to feel this hopelessness in my life again, and that's why I want to teach people. I

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