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 Kingdom and trained for two

over ten armies of Abominations over these two

Shang had made his peace

the reason for many innocent people to lose their lives to become powerful,

was the most

the last two years, but he always managed to

that only wanted to fight beasts or travel the wilderness

more he did it, the easier

the incident with Lash only felt natural to

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

past ten years, Shang had changed so

uncertain of how he should act. Should he help others, or should he take everything for

the power of a Mid Commander Stage beast,

two years, he had been running around without a shirt, but since he would be among humans again soon, he decided to bend

still several holes and huge dents in the armor,

hung

pants were nearly

and in

it had obviously not been taken care of,

wouldn't have felt alien or strange to the younger Shang, but his aura

given off a hardworking but insecure aura. He was like

first time, he

was almost like he hadn't been a human

the Dean so much when they had

And now?

if Soran were here and if he were to see Shang

with the Dean

Shang had very slowly become more and more similar

the beginning, Shang felt

had gotten used to killing

for killing the beggars who just recently joined the

he had gotten used to killing his enemies, even

that, Shang felt horrible for trying to kill a

to killing anyone that went against him,

to protect his identity, he felt horrible once

to killing his old friends as long as they posed a danger to

if their intention wasn't to do

in the real world that had absolutely no intention of hurting him, which was why that incident weighed so heavily

more and more people in the Blackshadow Kingdom that just happened to come close to