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.

Zone Beast that was maybe even more powerful than

slid down the crater

Mithril didn't come

and the group of warriors

thick clouds, but the group

they were back in Duke

you staying in the Empress Cobra Zone?" Duke Whirlwind asked

of them shouted. "I'm training in

Shang's brows furrowed.

Lake City. That's

can make a short

that said, the group continued toward the south until they reached a

the west, they took the

inspecting his surroundings with his Darkness Sense. He found the

more swamps there were and the more

started to sting in

the group stopped in

Thanks to his Darkness Sense, he could see that it was even

there was plenty of

looked a bit too normal. Yes, it had walls that were over twenty meters high,

as

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!

a small bolt of lightning traveled over his body for

heard King Skythunder's

Thunder Horse had left behind a sign on

hadn't activated when the Council or the High Mage at the border had inspected

meant that the signal only got active if

in the fifth Realm or higher were in the Empress

eyes as he tried to find

the group. Otherwise, the

couldn't find any clue, even

that could keep

could mean only

Shang was focusing

the south, and it

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

couple of seconds later, the pillar seemingly became smaller until

he hadn't realized he had

"She's gone," Shang said.

the Empress Cobra, but he remembered that they weren't alone. "You can't see something like that. You

and the abundance of Darkness Mana around them, but he didn't want

knew what Duke Whirlwind was doing and nodded. "I

continued as the warriors looked at Shang