Sword God in a World of Magic

The four Mages stood in a large hall in front of the gathered leaders of the northern offensive.

"So, to summarize," the blue-haired man, the Peak Mage, said, "the warrior managed to evade all your Spells, caught Esther due to an error in her judgment, and wanted to negotiate with us. But instead of accepting his offer, you followed the law and attacked him. Is that correct?"

There was currently a Truth Verification Spell active, and the Mages were forced to speak the truth.

They nodded.

The blue-haired man furrowed his brows and looked at the table with furrowed brows as he leaned back.

No one spoke anything for ten seconds.

"You followed the law. You may leave," he said.

The four Mages performed a respectful salute and left the hall.

After they left, no one in the hall spoke for a while.

Most of them were looking at the chair Esther had recently occupied.

"I'll take responsibility," the blue-haired man said. "I misjudged the intruder's power and sent a force with inadequate power to handle the situation."

The others didn't disagree.

Yes, every single one of them would have made the same mistake. Half of them would have probably sent an even weaker force after the intruder.

However, they were not the ones that had issued the command.

When something went wrong, it was always the fault of the one that gave the orders.

The blue-haired man looked calm and cold on the surface, but one of his fists was clenched so tightly under the table that blood started to flow out.

Was he an emotionless husk?

Of course not.

He was a human, and just like any other human, he had feelings of comradery and kinship.

He had known Esther for years, and they had worked together for a long time.

The blue-haired man was absolutely furious at Shang, and he hated him with his entire being.

"Strengthen the northern border," the blue-haired man ordered with a calm tone. "If he shows up again, immediately contact me. I will deal with him personally. He can't hide on that mountain forever. At some point, he has to come down from there."

of the other people nodded, took out a Communication Crystal, and gave

looked calm, but his rage, hatred, and

wanted to do nothing more than charge

revenge for

the benefits weren't worth the

long time searching on a mountain filled with beasts.

if not weeks, to

And then?

Esther had been low on Mana, Shang had managed

tear Shang apart on flat ground, but fighting in the mountains

man. If the fight went badly for him, he

supposed to

Circles of True Mages to surround him

his Mages would definitely die if he did that. As soon as Shang managed to reach one Mage, he could kick them off

They couldn't fly yet.

the blue-haired man wanted to kill Shang more than anything else,

put the frontline in danger. If the Blackshadow Kingdom decided to attack, they might lose one or

just one warrior but going after him with any chance of success meant putting the entire

was nothing he could

come down the mountain at some point,' the blue-haired man thought. 'And when that happens, I

I have never known defeat while fighting

won't be the first person to do

table acted like they hadn't noticed anything, but it was impossible not to

his composure,

room had

the surroundings to such a degree was only something that True Path Stage beasts and High

blue-haired man had the

had already grasped his own

wanted, he could reach

resist Initial High Mages with

was responsible for the northern front as long as

…

of this was happening, Shang ascended the mountain. He had already seen a couple of Soldier and General Stage beasts clinging to the walls and flying through the sky, but they

a height of at least five kilometers, and he had seen a couple

the beasts in the surroundings were and the further away he

light became brighter and brighter until it

training, if he looked

the light from above

that just looking at its general

Stage beasts, he decided