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.

north!" the leader

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

for a reason!"

soldiers wanted to shout, but they were busy

he decided to believe Shang this

out a long rod and pointed it towards the

the rod

BANG!

with green gas shot out of the rod and

of green gas was

secret from everyone, but at this moment, it was

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

leader shouted

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

BOOOM!

Mana all over the ball of Wind

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

would take 20

the officer's Affinity beforehand!' Shang thought with narrowed

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

faces turned white when they saw

This was bad!

SHING!

Shang also took out a long rod and pointed

BANG!

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

able to

looked at Shang

in the surrounding 20 kilometers with

course, that

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

Why?

trust anyone but

This was insurance!

leave the survival of his investment in

a ruckus in the outpost right now,' Shang thought. 'We only have to survive for seven

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

now, Shang was suspecting

knew of the officer's

probably arrived with a timeframe of nearly half an hour in mind.

minutes, and if they were actually planning on surviving, they only