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

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

had made

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

was the most important thing in

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

innocent people that only wanted to fight beasts or travel

did it, the easier it

the incident with Lash only

Shang's survival, which meant that he had to

years, Shang had changed so

had been at the Peak General Stage and uncertain of how

at around 85% of the power of a Mid Commander Stage beast, but his upper limit was already approaching

two years, he had been running around without a shirt,

several holes and huge dents in the armor, but

hung on

pants were

looked old and in just as bad of a shape as

had obviously not been

current appearance 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 exactly sure what they should

when Shang had met the Dean for the first time, he had become irritated by him.

like he hadn't been a human but a

known why he had disliked the Dean so

And now?

were to see Shang stand

with the

had very slowly

the beginning, Shang felt bad for killing a

had gotten used to

horrible for killing the beggars who just

used to killing his enemies, even if

kill

anyone that went against

protect his identity, he felt horrible

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

their intention wasn't to

the first human Shang killed in the real world that had absolutely no intention of hurting him, which

in the Blackshadow Kingdom that just happened to come