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 a Communication Crystal, and gave the

his rage, hatred, and

wanted to do nothing more than charge after

wanted to take revenge for one of

the benefits weren't worth the

would need to spend a long time searching on a mountain filled with beasts. The mountain was gigantic, and

take days, if not weeks, to

And then?

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

on flat ground, but fighting in the

man. If the fight went badly for him, he could

was he supposed to

Circles of True Mages to surround

to reach one Mage, he could kick them

They couldn't fly yet.

though the blue-haired man wanted to kill Shang more than anything else, he couldn't go through with

in danger. If the Blackshadow Kingdom decided to attack,

any chance

nothing he could

at some point,' the blue-haired

I have never known defeat while fighting anyone

definitely won't be the first person to do

hadn't noticed anything, but

his composure, his

room had

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

man had the

already grasped his

could reach the High

resist Initial High Mages with his current

why he was responsible for the northern front as long as the

…

Shang ascended the mountain. He had already seen a couple of Soldier and General Stage beasts

Shang had reached a height of at least five kilometers, and he had seen a couple of caves. However, he didn't want to enter

the beasts in the surroundings were and the further away he was from the Mages, the lower

light became brighter

strengthened by his training, if he looked

sure that the light from above came from the

its general

spotted the first Commander Stage beasts, he decided to