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.

that, a glimmer of light appeared in his

are so convinced of my guilt, what would even be the point of threatening me with not

I will be

the case, why would you want me inside the town

intending to do something that

law-abiding soldier, and a mere thief is not allowed to question my sense

why do you want me inside the town so badly?" Shang

gritted teeth. "Suspicious individuals have

"I can't possibly escape. We are

issue

A tense silence arrived.

looking at the leading guard,

Several seconds passed.

Clank.

and the guard glanced at the wall when they heard the sound of armor

the wall had retrieved his crossbow and vanished

others remained without moving and kept targeting

the leading guard saw the leaving guard on the

with annoyance. "We can wait here. Hope you're

and the other

the leading

was because of the

not allowed to

Except for one reason.

report to someone of

suspicious, and he decided to report

knew what had happened as soon as

had made quite some money

the wall had left, the leading guard knew that this

Shang relaxed.

"Thanks," he said evenly.

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

had decided

On what?

the leading guard actually being

Why smart?

leading guard had ordered to attack someone who wasn't actively resisting and whose guilt wasn't even

Shang had initialized the confrontation, the leading guard could have ordered an attack without

had only stood there

if Shang had been weaker, 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

taking them into custody was not considered a

confrontation if the other side could damage the resources of

short, Shang could maybe injure or kill some guards

was already

soon as an actual conflict broke out, the higher-ups would get involved

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