Sword God in a World of Magic

Five days after arriving at the ice lake, it happened.

Shang was currently concentrating on training in his Affinity when he suddenly felt a disturbance in the surrounding Ice and Fire Mana.

Shang turned so that his back looked to the north.

CLINK!

Shang's sword moved, and an arrow struck it, which harmlessly bounced off.

"Got it!" Sword said as it repositioned itself to its original location.

'Mid General Stage!' Shang thought as he felt the force behind the arrow.

"Ambush from the north!" Shang shouted.

The other soldiers had already looked over when they heard the loud sound of metal clashing and saw the broken arrow landing on the ground.

"Shields out! Gather at the north!" the leader shouted as he charged towards the northern end of the lake.

At that moment, several more arrows rained down on everyone, but they were all blocked by the shields.

These warriors might have been the most useless ones when it came to fighting beasts, but when it came to fighting archers, they were amazing.

Shang also charged to the north with furrowed brows.

'The enemy can't tell our power from such a distance,' he thought. 'Because of that, it makes more sense to simply kill the northern guard since he's the closest to them.'

'Yet, they directly targeted me, even though I was the furthest from the north.'

'This means that they know I'm the strongest.'

Shang's eyes narrowed.

'I kept close attention to everyone around me without them noticing, and I'm pretty confident that it wasn't them.'

'This means that someone in the outpost gave them the information!'

After realizing that they couldn't get through the shields, most of the arrows targeted Shang, and in just a couple of seconds, Shang was besieged by approximately five archers.

Luckily, the archers were over a kilometer away, and Shang was outstanding when it came to dodging attacks.

None of the arrows managed to hit Shang as he easily danced past them.

The other four had already arrived at the north, and they had created a shield barricade.

said get to the north!"

now, Shang wasn't running to them. Instead, he was waiting just at the edge of the ice lake, which

for a reason!"

three soldiers wanted to shout, but they were busy concentrating

teeth, but he decided to believe Shang this one

he took out a long rod and pointed it towards the south, his back protected

then, the rod

BANG!

ball filled with green gas shot out of

green gas was

secret from everyone, but at this

Wind Mana coming from the north, which was the signal that

leader

couple of meters

BOOOM!

Earth Mana all over the ball

the explosion of Earth Mana from the north, and they might send a scout to

take 20 more

Affinity beforehand!'

beforehand, and it had to be the right Affinity to counter

turned white when they saw that their signal had been

This was bad!

SHING!

a long rod and pointed it to

BANG!

streak of grey gas left the rod, and it traveled for several kilometers until

been able to

soldiers looked at Shang with

in the surrounding 20 kilometers with a Metal Affinity would

that included

One had explained everything to Shang, he

Why?

trust anyone

This was insurance!

leave the survival of his investment in other people's

in the outpost right now,' Shang thought. 'We only have to survive

the officer is a traitor, he can't show it openly. With One creating a gigantic ruckus, he will be forced to do his best to

Shang was suspecting

else knew

been ruined. They had probably arrived with a timeframe of nearly half

planning on surviving, they only had five. After