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.

to the north!" the leader

just at the edge of the ice lake, which had been

for a reason!"

shout, but they were busy concentrating

his teeth, but he decided to believe Shang

and pointed it

then, the

BANG!

with green gas shot out of the

of green gas was

kept his Affinity a secret from everyone, but at

Wind Mana coming from the north, which was the signal

the leader

a couple of meters of height, a brown ball

BOOOM!

brown ball exploded, scattering Earth Mana all over the ball

Earth Mana from the north, and they might

would take 20 more

the officer's Affinity beforehand!' Shang thought

prepared beforehand, and it had to be the right

they saw that their signal had been

This was bad!

SHING!

took out a long rod and pointed

BANG!

left the rod, and it

hadn't been able

soldiers looked at Shang with

Mana, and everyone in the surrounding 20 kilometers with a Metal Affinity would be able to feel

course, that

One had explained everything to Shang, he had given him this

Why?

he didn't trust anyone

This was insurance!

of his investment

Shang thought. 'We only

creating

Shang was suspecting the

knew of the

for now, the plan of the enemy had been ruined. They had probably arrived with a timeframe of nearly half an hour in mind. With

seven minutes, and if they were actually planning on surviving, they only had five. After all, they needed a head start if they