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.

Shang heard that, a glimmer of light appeared in his

"If you are so convinced of my guilt, what would

you think that I will be

case, why would you

you intending to do something

"I am a law-abiding soldier, and a mere thief is not allowed to question my

inside the

answered with gritted

"I can't possibly escape.

the issue with

A tense silence arrived.

at the leading guard, while the leading guard glared

Several seconds passed.

Clank.

the wall when they heard the

wall had retrieved his

the others remained without moving and kept targeting

leaving guard on

said with annoyance. "We

and the other guards put

leading

of the

guards were not allowed to

Except for one reason.

report to someone

leaving guard found all of this to be quite suspicious, and he decided to report to the actual officer about

what had happened as soon as he saw the

to deal with prisoners, and he had made quite some money with some underhanded means, but if these actions came

as the guard on the wall had left, the leading guard knew that this opportunity to make some money

Shang relaxed.

"Thanks," he said evenly.

that the guard would do something underhanded, which was why he had been so adamant about not

had decided to

On what?

leading guard actually being

Why smart?

actively resisting and whose guilt wasn't even

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

Shang had only stood there and calmly

weaker, the leading guard could

had felt quite powerful to the leading guard. On top of that, Shang

and taking them into custody was not considered

a confrontation if the other side could damage the resources

maybe injure or kill some guards

was

as an actual conflict broke out, the higher-ups would get involved and investigate what

would have been injured or killed, and they had to find out why that happened so that the same thing wouldn't happen again