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.

the north!" the leader shouted at

the

here for a reason!"

soldiers wanted to shout, but they

his teeth, but he decided to believe

and pointed it

the rod

BANG!

with green gas shot out of the

of green gas was filled with

had kept his Affinity a secret from everyone, but

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

leader shouted

Wind Mana reached a couple of meters of height, a brown ball appeared above

BOOOM!

exploded, scattering Earth Mana all over the ball of Wind

an Earth Affinity would feel the explosion of Earth Mana from the north, and they might send a scout to check up on

it would take 20 more minutes at

the officer's Affinity beforehand!' Shang

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

they saw that their signal had

This was bad!

SHING!

took out a long rod and

BANG!

and it traveled for several kilometers until it

enemy hadn't been able to intercept

at Shang with

ball had been filled with Metal Mana, and everyone in the surrounding 20 kilometers

that

had explained everything to Shang, he had given him this rod without

Why?

trust

This was insurance!

wouldn't leave the survival of his investment in other

Shang thought. 'We only have to survive for seven

it openly. With One creating

was

all, who else knew

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

than seven minutes, and if they were actually planning on surviving, they only had five. After all, they