Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang followed the young Inquisitor for about two hours until they reached the border to the actual Ice Wyvern Zone. With the Inquisitor present and with Shang not needing to slow down his speed, the journey didn't take as long as the first time.

When they entered the Ice Wyvern Zone, the Inquisitor stopped and turned to Shang.

"We passed the border now," the Inquisitor said. "This is where we part ways. You are to report back to whoever gave you your job."

Shang nodded. "I will. Thanks for escorting me."

Shang wasn't stupid. Even though he hadn't seen any guards at the border, it didn't mean that there weren't any.

The entire battlefield was probably under a strict lockdown, and without the Inquisitor accompanying him, someone would have probably stopped Shang.

The Inquisitor nodded. "The Lead Inquisitor isn't someone that praises people," the younger Inquisitor said. "However, I want to iterate that your work has helped us a lot. You managed to personally root out eight traitors, with one of them being in a high position, and you indirectly unmasked maybe dozens more."

"You did an excellent job."

"Thanks," Shang said. He had thought that he would feel great when hearing praise from someone so powerful, but for some reason, Shang didn't feel as much.

It was like the praise didn't really matter to him.

"I wish you luck on your future journey," the Inquisitor said before charging into the distance. His speed was far faster than earlier.

Shang only nodded absentmindedly since his mind was occupied right now.

'I wonder why getting praised didn't feel as good as I've imagined. Isn't it normal to feel proud of myself when someone much more powerful than me tells me I did a great job?'

'Why didn't I feel like that?'

For a while, Shang only remained on the same spot, deep in thought.

'I think it's my goal,' Shang thought. 'My goal is far beyond the power of anyone in this place, which is why I don't really care for their praise.'

At that moment, Shang got reminded of his old struggle with his attitude.

Be brutal to others?

Help others so that they help him?

Which one was better for reaching supreme power?

How did the Mage Emperor become so powerful back then?

What was his personality like?

to the God, I asked exactly that question as my

wait and become

the present, and he looked for an isolated

searched around for something specific, and a couple of

found the nest of a

entered its

SHING!

green academy uniform appeared before Shang together with a long spear. The spear was made of Mid General Stage Rank

inner world and changed into

off his mask and also

face was finally

messy, unshaven beard. One would think that he looked like an athlete that neglected their

Sword and

hadn't been able to use Sword for shaving since it had been too stupid to communicate with. It instinctively

Sword was smart enough to see what Shang wanted

off his long hair, its length returning to the

couple of hours. You're

"I understand," Sword answered.

all his other belongings back

a long black coat, which hid his entire

putting it on, Shang charged out of one

If someone were following Shang, they would only need to keep watch

a Pest Cat nest, they would need to watch several entrances at once, which would force them to go

he quickly scanned his

He didn't see anyone.

now, Shang looked completely different from

mask, carried a spear on

draw would be Shang's height and frame, but there were several warriors that would fit

through the entire Ice Wyvern Zone. Thanks to his studies, he knew which

just blindly ran through the Ice Wyvern Zone, they could very well meet

wasn't entirely safe. In order to avoid watching eyes, he mainly traveled through

kill Early General Stage beasts

Stage beast, he

wasn't able to kill a Late General Stage beast,

Peak General Stage beasts, but they also didn't really care about some Early General Stage

how it

for Shang, it had become apparent

they had seen him, and that phenomenon hadn't stopped after

had become apparent that every

Peak General Stage beast,

he was