Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at the guard with narrowed eyes, and many thoughts immediately went through his mind.

First of all, the guard wore a slightly different armor from the others, which meant that he had a higher standing.

Second, the guard had easily called the others on the wall.

Third, he felt quite powerful.

However, he didn't feel too powerful.

Shang had seen physical fighters in the Second Realm, but the guard didn't feel like he was in the Second Realm, which meant he was probably in the First Realm, the Soldier Stage.

Shang had seen the leading officer of the Central Wild, and that officer had been in the Second Realm, the General Stage.

Was Blizzard's Edge weaker than the Central Wild?

Probably not.

Just based on the gigantic Mana Austerum, this town was probably even more important than the Central Wild.

So, what did that make this guard?

He was probably a sergeant or something akin to a supervisor.

He wasn't actually the true person in charge.

"I won't enter the town," Shang said with narrowed eyes.

The guard in front of Shang only huffed. "You don't have a choice," he said.

"I do," Shang answered. "I have the choice to remain outside. You have several crossbows pointed at me, and I can't flee. There should also be several more powerful soldiers in the town. Right now, it doesn't matter where I am. I can't flee anyway."

"You're right," the guard said with narrowed eyes. "So, obediently enter the town. You said that you can't flee anyway."

"I want to stay out here," Shang said.

The guard raised his right hand, and the guards on the wall pointed their crossbows at Shang. "You don't have a choice."

The atmosphere became tenser. Some carriages had already arrived, but when they saw the guards with their drawn crossbows, they decided to stop. They didn't want to get involved.

"I will stay out here," Shang answered slowly.

The guard's eyes narrowed.

"At this moment, it's not even clear if I am some sort of thief or not. I know I am innocent, and I don't need your approval for that."

"Are you willing to risk a battle for such an uncertainty?" Shang slowly asked.

The guard only looked at Shang with narrowed eyes.

"If you don't comply, we don't need to investigate the source of the Ice Wood. Your resistance proves that your method of procuring the Ice Wood wasn't legal," the guard answered.

a glimmer of light appeared in his

investigating the issue?" Shang asked. "If you are so convinced of my guilt, what would even be the point of

I will be proven

that's the case, why would you want me inside the

do something that you shouldn't

a law-abiding soldier, and a

do you want me inside the

the guard immediately answered with gritted teeth. "Suspicious individuals

"I can't possibly escape. We are both in agreement about

what's the issue

A tense silence arrived.

was looking at the leading guard, while the leading guard

Several seconds passed.

Clank.

at the wall when they

the guards on the wall had retrieved his

without

leading guard saw the leaving guard on the wall, he gritted

he said with annoyance. "We can wait here. Hope

and the other guards

the leading guard

because of the leaving guard on the

to leave their posts without being

Except for one reason.

leave their posts if they were about to report to someone of higher rank than the person they were currently

all of this to be quite suspicious, and he decided to report to the actual officer

happened as soon

with prisoners, and he had made quite some money with

soon as the guard on the wall had left, the leading guard knew that this opportunity

Shang relaxed.

"Thanks," he said evenly.

that the guard would do something underhanded, which was why he had

decided to

On what?

guard actually

Why smart?

attack someone who wasn't actively resisting and whose guilt wasn't even conclusive, he

had initialized the confrontation, the leading guard could have ordered an attack

Shang had only stood there and calmly

the leading guard could have simply knocked

had felt quite powerful to the leading guard. On top of that, Shang had claimed that he had killed a Peak

out a normal human and taking them into custody was not considered a

only counted as a confrontation if the other side could damage the resources of the

maybe injure or kill

that was already

the higher-ups would get involved and investigate

several guards would have been injured or killed, and they had to find out why that happened so that the same