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

calm, but his

nothing more than charge after the

to take revenge for

benefits weren't

a mountain filled with beasts. The mountain was gigantic, and

not

And then?

though Esther had been low on Mana, Shang had managed to kidnap her while surrounded

certain that he could tear Shang apart on flat ground, but fighting in the mountains was insanely disadvantageous for

blue-haired man. If the fight went badly

he supposed

to surround him after days of

managed to reach one Mage, he could kick them off the mountain. Yes, Mages were powerful, but they couldn't survive a fall of hundreds

They couldn't fly yet.

the blue-haired man wanted to kill Shang more than

frontline in danger. If the Blackshadow Kingdom decided to attack, they might

after him with any chance of success meant putting the entire Kingdom

was nothing he could

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

life, I have never known defeat while

you definitely won't be the first person to

acted like they hadn't noticed anything, but it was impossible not to notice the blue-haired man's current

composure, his mood was

room had become

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

the blue-haired man

had already grasped his own

he wanted, he could reach the

could resist Initial High Mages with

power was why he was responsible for the northern front

…

already seen a couple of Soldier and General Stage beasts clinging to the walls and flying through the sky,

he had seen a couple of caves.

were and the further away he was from the

ascended, the light became brighter and brighter

training, if he looked up, he

was sure that the light from above came from

its general direction could take away one's sight from kilometers

Shang spotted the first Commander Stage beasts, he decided