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 warriors were very

the warrior, while others looked uncomfortably to the side,

all of these reactions, which piqued

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

but from a more emotional standpoint,

I know that he only taught us because of some monetary gain. I don't know who offered him the

care about our power. He doesn't care

Stage warriors as possible, and he didn't care

Silence.

the present

"So, to summarize, you've had a very competent and knowledgeable teacher, but he has been very cold and

"Correct," the warrior said.

jotted down a couple of things and sent the warrior on

to the next warrior, Shang

warrior basically said the same thing as the

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

called the

said," the warrior said immediately before Mistra could ask

said with a slight

"Okay," the warrior said.

up, and the warrior

have parents, friends, and family to build relationships. Having a

and student. Anyone that believes that a master or a

He taught us, and he taught us very well. That is what I wanted to say," the warrior

Mistra answered. "The first two have quite a lot of students under them, just like you. You three seem to be the

The warrior nodded.

is your ideology so different from theirs?"

been 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 the time that

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

"But they didn't."

them

times. "Why have

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

town, and when I

hopelessness in my life again, and that's why I want to teach

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