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,

charge after the intruder and kill him

revenge

benefits weren't worth

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

take days, if not

And then?

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

Shang apart on flat ground, but fighting in the mountains was insanely disadvantageous for

Shang was very likely faster than the blue-haired man. If the fight went badly for

supposed

to surround him

As soon as Shang managed to reach one Mage, he could kick them off the mountain. Yes, Mages

They couldn't fly yet.

man wanted to kill Shang more than anything else, he

danger. If the Blackshadow Kingdom decided to

but going after him with any chance of success meant putting the

nothing he

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

known defeat while

be the first person to do

table acted like they hadn't noticed anything, but it

kept his composure, his mood was

room had

a phenomenon to control the surroundings to such a degree was only something that True Path Stage beasts and High Mages

the blue-haired man had

already grasped his

wanted, he could reach the High

resist Initial High Mages with

was responsible for the northern front as long

…

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

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

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

became brighter and

eye had been strengthened by his training, if he

sure that the light from

so terrifying that just looking at its general direction could take away one's sight from kilometers

Stage beasts,