Sword God in a World of Magic

After the explanation, the group began their journey back to the Storm Eagle Zone.

Right now, it was later in the noon, but it wasn't afternoon yet.

As everyone ran back with the Blessing of Wind, Shang thought about something else.

'The Barbarians can strengthen their bodies above what a normal warrior can achieve,' Shang thought. 'Without the Procedure, the Barbarian path and warrior path are about equal, I would say. Teacher is an impressively powerful and talented warrior, and it should be normal for him to jump a level against an inexperienced Barbarian.'

'The Grandmountain Kingdom probably also has very talented Barbarians, and the most powerful of them can probably also fight teacher equally. Well, as long as they are on the same level as him.'

'One focuses on the body while the other focuses on finesse and technique.'

'I wonder, can I make use of the Barbarian techniques to push my body even further? King Skythunder said that the Bloodline Infusion fits the Barbarian path more than the warrior path.'

'So, what if I could use the Barbarian techniques to strengthen my body? Would I be able to get a body as powerful as a pure beast?'

Shang thought about this for a moment.

'Maybe not perfectly, but I believe I could get very close.'

Then, Shang narrowed his eyes. 'However, it probably isn't that easy. If it were that easy to advance as a Barbarian, they would have already created someone at the True Path Stage. Obviously, there are also issues with their advancement.'

'On top of that, since they are part of a Kingdom, the Barbarians are also probably just servants of Mages. If the Barbarians were the leaders of the Grandmountain Kingdom, the Skythunder Kingdom would have long since claimed their territory as their own.'

'If I get an opportunity, I should see if I can get my hands on how Barbarians fight. It is a separate path, but I don't need to fully master it to get some use out of it. Just a little bit should be enough to increase my power by quite a bit.'

Some minutes later, the group arrived at the border of the Thunder Horse Zone. The group of Mages was still there.

They didn't say anything as the group of warriors passed.

The only thing the warriors noticed was the aura of hostility directed at them.

As Shang saw the group of Mages, he had a thought. 'The most dangerous part is over, but the Council will probably try some tricks to get rid of us in the future. We are still not completely safe.'

Then, Shang took a deep breath. 'But for now, this isn't my issue. I don't have the power to fight something as powerful as the Council.'

'Additionally…'

Shang's mind went back to the Poison Adept and the bloodied face.

'I have my own worries right now.'

Some minutes later, the group arrived at Spark Oasis again.

Luckily, the Thunder Horse wasn't inside the city right now, and everyone could pass through it without any issues.

The journey continued uninterrupted, and the group of warriors reached the Adamantite Behemoth Zone.

Once more, Shang had to take a deep breath as he saw the gigantic horn in the middle of the Adamantite Behemoth Zone.

Beast that was maybe even more

group slid down the crater

Mithril didn't come

now, it was afternoon, and the group of warriors soon

sky began to darken with thick clouds,

were

Empress Cobra Zone?" Duke Whirlwind asked as they

them shouted. "I'm training in

Shang's brows furrowed.

Swamp Lake City. That's where

can make a short detour,"

the group continued toward the south

going to the west, they took the path to the

surroundings with his Darkness Sense. He found the wildlife in the Empress Cobra Zone quite

they went, the more swamps there

already started to sting in Shang's nose,

stopped in front of a wide

Darkness Sense, he could see that it was even bigger than Warrior's Paradise, but

plenty of space

walls that were over twenty meters high, but that was

nearly as interesting as

looked at the city with interest. 'Behind these walls are the two people that want me

warrior that had spoken up earlier left the group and entered

Bzzzt!

looked at Shang as a small bolt of lightning traveled over his body for

all heard

behind a sign on Shang's

when the Council or the High Mage at the border had inspected Shang, but it had activated when they had entered King

active if

beings in the fifth Realm or

surroundings with narrowed eyes as he tried to find the

Otherwise, the signal probably wouldn't have

couldn't find any clue, even after using everything at

Fifth Realm that could keep themselves

could mean only one

Shang was focusing on the

cloud of gathered Darkness Mana to the south,

feel the general outline of the thing that stood there, and he felt like it was

seconds later, the pillar seemingly became smaller until it completely

released a deep breath he hadn't realized

"She's gone," Shang said.

wanted to ask if Shang had seen the Empress Cobra, but he remembered that they weren't alone. "You can't see something

to his Darkness Affinity and the

Whirlwind was doing and nodded. "I was probably

continued as the warriors looked at Shang