Sword God in a World of Magic

Right now, Shang stood on top of a hill, overlooking the border between two Zones.

The Zone he was currently in was filled with icy hills, and the Zone to its east was filled with canyons, small mountains, and craters.

Shang could see several huge towers and groups of Mages. He could even see two High Mages.

For the last two days, Shang had been watching that border, noting all the forces that were stationed there.

This border was special.

This was not only the border between two Zones but the border between two Kingdoms.

This was the border between the Blackshadow Kingdom and the Spirit Spring Kingdom.

Shang had been inside the Blackshadow Kingdom for another two years, strengthening himself and training with Sword.

By now, Shang was 32 years old.

He had been gone from the Skythunder Kingdom for around ten years, but now, he was very close to being able to return.

While the Blackshadow Kingdom enslaved physical fighters and fed them to their beasts, the Spirit Spring Kingdom was very different.

Even though they had a different kind of Summoner in their Kingdom, called a Spiriter, their entire Kingdom was completely different from the Blackshadow Kingdom.

While the Summoners enslaved their beasts, the Spiriters built a connection. The beasts willingly fought for them, and the bond between a Spiriter and their beasts was a close one.

Additionally, the Spirit Spring Kingdom was right beside the Skythunder Kingdom, and they also had some warriors travel through their Kingdom from time to time. After all, the Skythunder Kingdom and the Spirit Spring Kingdom were close allies, and plenty of warriors were sent to the Spirit Spring Kingdom to help put pressure on the Magic Purity Kingdom.

If Shang managed to enter the Spirit Spring Kingdom, he would be able to return to the Skythunder Kingdom without any problems.

He wouldn't even need to hide anymore.

'It's been over ten years,' Shang thought as he looked at the border.

Over the last couple of days, Shang had been thinking about his journey and how he had changed over its course.

He had been sent to the central-west of the Grandmountain Kingdom by that powerful Mage.

He had quickly been found and transferred to the northeastern front to fight the Blackshadow Kingdom.

There, he had learned about the barbarians.

Then, he spent around seven to eight years in the Tide Serpent Zone until he fled to the Ancestral Mountain Zone.

that, he went to the Blackshadow

ten armies of Abominations over these two years, terrifying the Blackshadow Kingdom and ending many innocent

now, Shang had made his peace with his

had to be the reason for many innocent people to lose

the most important thing

over the last two years, but he always managed to kill the person

wanted to fight

it, the easier

with Lash only felt natural to Shang

been a danger to Shang's survival, which meant that he had to

past ten years,

been at the Peak General Stage and uncertain of how he should act. Should he help others, or

his body was at around 85% of the power of a

wore his nearly destroyed black armor. For the past two years, he had been running around without a shirt, but since he would be among humans again soon, he

huge dents in the

big sword hung

black pants were nearly

his left eye looked old and in just as bad of

and black, but it had obviously not been taken care of, making

or strange to the younger Shang, but his aura had completely

then, Shang had given off a hardworking but insecure aura. He was like a teenager that wasn't exactly sure what they

time, he had

been a human

disliked the Dean so much when they had just met back

And now?

were to see Shang stand on the hill

him with the

years, Shang had very slowly become

beginning, Shang felt bad

gotten

killing the beggars who just

to killing his enemies,

felt horrible for trying to kill a teenager that wanted to

had gotten used to killing anyone that went against him,

Lash to protect his identity, he felt

to killing his old friends as long as they

their intention

absolutely no intention of hurting him, which

in the Blackshadow Kingdom that just happened to