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 for two

Abominations over these two years, terrifying the Blackshadow

now, Shang had made his peace with

many innocent people to lose their

most important thing

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

wanted to fight beasts or travel the wilderness

more he did it, the easier

incident with Lash only felt natural

had been a danger to Shang's survival,

the past ten years, Shang had

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

at around 85% of the power of a Mid Commander

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

and huge dents in the armor, but it

sword hung

black pants

piece of cloth that covered his left eye looked old and in

was long and black, but it had obviously not been

strange to the younger Shang, but his

off a hardworking but insecure aura. He was like a teenager that wasn't exactly sure what they

first time, he had become irritated

was almost like he hadn't been

hadn't known why he had disliked the Dean so much when they had just

And now?

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

confuse him with the Dean for a

18 years, Shang had very slowly become more and

Shang felt bad

had gotten used to

the beggars who just recently joined the

had gotten used to killing his enemies, even

that, Shang felt horrible for trying to kill a teenager that wanted to steal

to killing anyone that went against him, regardless

protect his

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

intention wasn't to do

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

that just happened to come close