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

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

wanted to do nothing more than charge

revenge for one of

benefits weren't worth the

filled with beasts. The mountain was gigantic, and there were innumerable caves

might take days, if not weeks, to

And then?

had been low on Mana, Shang had managed to kidnap her

man was certain that he could tear Shang apart on flat ground,

faster than the blue-haired man. If

supposed

Circles of True Mages to surround him after

definitely die if he did that. As soon as Shang managed to reach one Mage, he could kick them off

They couldn't fly yet.

kill Shang more than anything else, he couldn't

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

with any chance of success meant putting the

nothing he

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

my entire life, I have never known

won't be the first person

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

he kept his composure, his mood was

room had

the surroundings to such a degree was only something that True

man had the

grasped his

could reach the High Mage Realm by

Initial High Mages with his current

he was responsible for the northern front as long as the

…

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

seen a couple

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

Shang ascended, the light became brighter and brighter until it

training, if he looked up, he might still become

was sure that the light from

was so terrifying that just looking at its general direction could

Shang spotted the first Commander Stage beasts, he decided to enter a