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."

took out a Communication

blue-haired man looked calm, but his rage, hatred, and frustration

wanted to do nothing more than charge after

wanted to take revenge

benefits weren't worth the

he would need to spend a long time searching on a mountain filled with beasts. The mountain was gigantic, and there were innumerable caves and

not

And then?

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

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

man. If the

supposed

to surround him after days of searching without any assurance of

more, many of his Mages would definitely die if he did that. As soon as Shang managed to reach one Mage, he could kick them off the mountain. Yes, Mages were powerful, but they couldn't survive a fall

They couldn't fly yet.

even though the blue-haired man wanted to kill Shang

the Blackshadow Kingdom decided to

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

was nothing he could

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

I have never known defeat while fighting anyone on my

you definitely won't be the

noticed anything, but it was impossible not to notice the blue-haired man's current

though he kept his composure, his

room had become

to such a degree was only

blue-haired man had the same

already grasped

wanted, he could reach the

could resist Initial High Mages

he was responsible for the northern front as long as the

…

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

a height of at least five kilometers, and he had seen a couple of caves. However, he didn't

wanted to enter one that was higher up. The stronger the beasts in the surroundings were and the further away he was from the Mages, the lower the chance of

the light became brighter and

though Shang's eye had been strengthened by his training, if he

from above

terrifying that just looking at its general direction could take

Commander Stage beasts,