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.

the Blackshadow Kingdom and trained

ten armies of Abominations over these two years,

Shang had made his peace with his

be the reason for many innocent people to lose their lives to

the most

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

killing innocent people that only wanted to fight

he did it, the

with Lash only felt

Shang's survival,

years, Shang had

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

85% of the power of a Mid

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

the armor,

big sword hung on his

black pants were

left eye looked old and in just

and black, but it had obviously

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

hardworking but insecure aura. He was like a teenager that wasn't

first time, he had become irritated by him.

was almost like he hadn't been a human

Dean so much when they had

And now?

if Soran were here and if he were to see Shang stand on the hill like

confuse him with the Dean

had very slowly

the beginning, Shang felt bad for

he had gotten used

felt horrible for killing the beggars who just recently joined the

killing

felt horrible for trying to kill a teenager that wanted to steal his

used to killing anyone that went against

Lash to protect his identity, he felt horrible

his old friends as long as they posed a danger

if their intention

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

that just happened