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

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

reason!" Shang shouted.

shout, but they were busy concentrating on the enemy

gnashed his teeth, but he

a long rod and pointed it towards

then, the

BANG!

green gas shot out of the rod and

green gas was

Affinity a secret from everyone,

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

leader shouted in

the ball of Wind Mana reached a couple of

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

would take 20 more minutes

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

prepared beforehand, and it had to be the right

soldiers' faces turned white when they

This was bad!

SHING!

took out a long rod

BANG!

rod, and it traveled for several kilometers until it eventually

hadn't been able to intercept

at

filled with Metal Mana, and everyone in the surrounding 20 kilometers with a Metal

that included

had explained everything to Shang, he

Why?

didn't trust anyone

This was insurance!

wouldn't leave the survival of his investment in

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

openly. With One creating a gigantic ruckus, he will be forced to

was

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

only had five. After all, they needed a head start if they wanted to