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

now, Shang wasn't running to them. Instead, he was waiting just at the

here for a reason!"

but they were busy concentrating on the enemy

teeth, but he decided to believe Shang

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

the rod

BANG!

shot out of the rod and traveled

of green gas was filled with

had kept his Affinity a secret from everyone, but at this moment, it was

would feel the burst of Wind Mana coming from the north, which was the

leader shouted

of Wind Mana reached a couple of meters

BOOOM!

brown ball exploded, scattering Earth Mana all

and they might send a scout to check up on the place.

20 more

knew the officer's Affinity beforehand!' Shang thought

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

when they

This was bad!

SHING!

took out a

BANG!

left the rod, and

been able

soldiers looked at Shang

with Metal Mana, and everyone in the surrounding

course, that

he had given him this rod without

Why?

didn't trust anyone

This was insurance!

the survival of his investment in other people's

ruckus in the outpost right now,' Shang thought. 'We only

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

was

knew of

enemy had been ruined. They had probably arrived with a timeframe of nearly half an hour in mind. With

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