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

but his rage, hatred,

to do nothing more than charge after

to take revenge

the benefits weren't worth

he would need to spend a long time searching on a mountain filled with beasts. The mountain

take days, if not weeks,

And then?

on Mana, Shang had

man was certain that he could tear Shang apart on

the blue-haired man. If the fight

he supposed

gather five Circles of True Mages to surround him

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 of

They couldn't fly yet.

wanted to kill Shang more than anything else, he couldn't

of forces would put the frontline in danger. If the Blackshadow Kingdom decided to attack, they might lose

with any chance

was nothing he

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

my entire life, I have never known defeat while fighting

definitely won't be the first person to

other people at the table acted like they hadn't noticed anything, but it was impossible not to notice the

his composure, his

had become freezingly

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

blue-haired man

grasped his

he could reach the High Mage Realm

could resist Initial High Mages with

for the northern front as long as the Governor

…

ascended the mountain. He had already seen a couple of Soldier and

seen a couple of caves. However, he didn't want to enter

up. The stronger the beasts in the surroundings were and the

light became brighter and brighter until it was

strengthened by his training, if he looked up,

sure that the light from above came from

so terrifying that just looking at its general direction could take away

when Shang spotted the first Commander Stage