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

the edge of the ice lake, which

for a reason!" Shang shouted. "Trust

wanted to shout, but they were busy concentrating on

teeth, but he

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

the rod

BANG!

ball filled with green gas shot out of the rod and traveled

ball of green gas was filled with Wind

a secret from everyone, but at

from the north, which was

leader

when the ball of Wind Mana reached a couple of meters

BOOOM!

Earth Mana all

an Earth Affinity would feel the explosion of Earth Mana from the north, and they might

it would take 20 more minutes at

Affinity beforehand!' Shang thought with narrowed

to be prepared beforehand, and it had to

when they

This was bad!

SHING!

Shang also took out a long rod and pointed it to

BANG!

and it

been able to intercept

soldiers looked at Shang

Metal Mana, and everyone in the surrounding

course, that included

to Shang, he had given him this rod without anyone

Why?

didn't trust anyone but

This was insurance!

leave the survival of

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

if the officer is a traitor, he can't show it openly. With One creating a gigantic ruckus, he will

was suspecting

who else knew of the officer's

the plan of the enemy had been ruined. They had probably arrived with a timeframe of nearly half an hour in mind. With nearly 30 minutes of time, they could

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