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."

other people nodded, took out

calm, but his rage, hatred, and frustration

charge after the intruder and

revenge for one

benefits weren't worth the

long time searching on a mountain filled with beasts. The mountain was gigantic, and there were innumerable caves and rocks to hide

days, if not weeks, to

And then?

low on Mana, Shang had managed to kidnap

that he could tear Shang apart on flat ground, but fighting in the

was very likely faster than the blue-haired man. If the fight went badly for him, he could just

supposed to

supposed to gather five Circles of True Mages to surround him after days of searching

Mage, he could kick them off the mountain. Yes, Mages were powerful, but they couldn't survive a

They couldn't fly yet.

man wanted to kill Shang more than anything else, he couldn't go through with

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

any chance of success meant putting the

nothing he

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

never known defeat while

definitely won't be the first person to do

hadn't noticed anything, but it was impossible not to notice the

kept his composure, his

room had become

to such a degree was only

blue-haired man had the

grasped his

he could reach the

High Mages with

incredible power was why he was responsible for the northern front as

…

this was happening, Shang ascended the mountain. He had already seen a couple of Soldier and General Stage beasts clinging to the

seen a

enter one that was higher up. The stronger the beasts in the surroundings were and the further away he

the light became brighter and brighter

training,

that the light from above

looking at its general direction

Stage