Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang only looked at Duke Whirlwind. "A lot of things happened, and I came back with a lot of information regarding the Grandmountain Kingdom."

Duke Whirlwind looked at Shang with a complex expression.

He wasn't sure if Shang understood what he had actually meant.

However, Duke Whirlwind was also interested in what actually happened to Shang in the last decade. What could change someone to such a degree?

Shang told Duke Whirlwind basically everything except for the trial and the Abominations. He only used the Abominations once, which was when he escaped from the Grandmountain Kingdom initially.

As Duke Whirlwind listened more to Shang's story, his focus shifted to the actual intelligence Shang brought back.

The information he brought back was monumental!

How the barbarians trained.

The way the Grandmountain Kingdom organized its forces.

Insight into the distribution of their forces.

And, most importantly, the method the Mages had created to stack so many Strengthening Spells on a single barbarian.

Shang had been that researcher's plaything for several months, and he had also been under the effect of these Spells while assaulting the Plague Rat Zone.

During these months, he had learned a lot about how the Mages accomplished these things.

When Shang came to the part where he killed Lash, Duke Whirlwind noticed that something wasn't right.

Doing this was unlike the Shang he had just heard of a minute ago.

Duke Whirlwind would have bet that Shang would have simply trusted Lash. After all, he was an old friend, and the Mages wouldn't even interrogate him.

Duke Whirlwind even remembered hearing about a similar incident before Shang had left.

A couple of students of the Warrior's Academy had found out about Shang's Affinity, but even at the behest of the Dean, Shang had decided to keep them alive.

That risk was far greater than the risk Lash had posed, but Shang had still let them go.

the Grandmountain Kingdom, he didn't seem much different

Kingdom and returned, it was like they had been

have happened in the Tide Serpent Zone, and that something

motivated Shang to change that drastically in a Zone

Duke Whirlwind noticed that Shang didn't seem to notice the change in his

killed several weak people that had only accidentally come

finding Shang were slim, and if Shang wanted to escape, they would

leaving, Shang always killed

Shang was talking,

was like, in his mind, this was

come up with to the problem

he so used to killing everything that poses a risk that he now even perceives a minor inconvenience as a risk and treats it as such, regardless of the cost?' Duke

impact. It's like he is forcing himself to do these things

reasons shot through Duke Whirlwind's mind, but he

Shang had always been like this, but he

Shang was subconsciously

so aggrieved by his own guilt that he completely blocked it out of his being, isolated the feeling, and acted like an

Duke Whirlwind was old and knew a lot

the Duke stopped

and more

back, even if it were for the sole reason of not killing absolutely everyone

Whirlwind mulled over these thoughts for a bit, but in the end, he only released a hidden sigh

his teacher or father. It's not my place to

is his life, not mine, and I should afford him the freedom to make

he won't become an enemy in the future due to some

thoughts were pulled back

been ambushed in the Empress Cobra

Whirlwind's eyes became colder as he heard Shang narrate the battle,

to keep his facial expressions in check as Shang told him how easy

didn't even see it as anything

It was just normal.

was just a bit

moment, Duke Whirlwind focused more on

at Shang's aura, the more he realized how threatening

he became even more shocked