Sword God in a World of Magic

The Inquisitor put a chain around the commander's body and woke him up.

The commander was confused for a second, but he quickly remembered where he was.

He jumped up with all of his power and tried to break the chain, but after the Inquisitor pulled lightly on it, the commander fell powerlessly to the ground.

When the commander noticed the Inquisitor, his face became white, and his world broke down.

He knew that he was in deep trouble.

"There is no information regarding who requested the mission or who put the bounty on your head," the Inquisitor said to Shang.

Shang only nodded without answering. He had expected that.

"The only thing I could find out was that the mission was put up inside the Empress Cobra Zone, but that doesn't exactly narrow it down," the Inquisitor said.

Shang already knew that it was the Wilburys.

"Thank you," Shang answered absentmindedly.

The Inquisitor nodded and left with the Ice Adept and the commander.

Shang remained on this spot for a bit longer, lost in thought, but a couple of minutes later, Shang decided to return to the Storm Eagle Zone.

'The matter with the Wilburys is over for now, but I have to be careful of where I go. Zero's bounty isn't openly displayed everywhere, and not everyone knows that I am Zero, but there might still be several people interested in me.'

'Even if only 1% of people are interested in my head, that would still be over ten True Mages in Duke Whirlwind's territory.'

'At least I don't have to hide inside Warrior's Paradise anymore. Warriors below the Commander Stage and nearly all Adepts are no longer a danger to me. The locations of warriors at the Commander Stage and True Mages are tracked, and as long as they don't want to be hunted by absolutely everyone, they won't make a move.'

all, on the surface, the different Dukes still have to act like they are one unit. If a True Mage were to kill me and escape, their identity would be revealed within the day, and with their identity revealed, even Duke

hiding someone that killed a weaker warrior without permission, he

there are always ways around that. However, the further away I am from Duke Mithril's territory, the harder it

Stage, his protection ends. I now

I have to continue concentrating on my power for

I hadn't had a true, direct threat to my life in over two

was slowing, and he also found the

Lack of danger.

lack of real-world

human body, but without any actual experience, they wouldn't be able to be a great

doctor needed to operate on a patient. There was simply

same was true for Shang. Shang could train his mastery over Mana, train his Affinity, and train his techniques, but he lacked the critical feedback he got during

to put things into practice and adapt if he wanted to grow as quickly as

for that, he needed powerful

Cleaner had stopped Shang from gaining this experience for the last two years, but

earlier hadn't been truly dangerous. After all, Shang still had a couple of weapons he

had been at their peak conditions and only had to focus on Shang, this fight would have been very

had already been exhausted and distracted

same thing was true for the Commander Stage

Stage beast,' Shang

learn to condense my Domain. Then, I can

the Late General Stage for this fight since

that the average Adept would be about equal to my current power, but they obviously are

Stage is more useless than useful for

also strengthen Sword even

as he

'First, strengthen Sword.'