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.

at the Grandmountain Kingdom, he didn't

Shang left the Grandmountain Kingdom and returned, it was like they

happened in the Tide Serpent Zone, and that something was the catalyst for Shang's

that drastically in

much darker, but Duke Whirlwind noticed that Shang didn't seem to notice the change in

several weak people that had only accidentally

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

instead of simply leaving, Shang always

the way Shang was talking, it

this was the only thing he could

he could come up with to the problem

that poses a risk that he now even perceives a minor inconvenience as a risk and treats it as

about his actions or the impact. It's like he is forcing himself to do these things just to prove something to

potential reasons shot through Duke Whirlwind's mind, but he

been like this, but

was

guilt that he completely blocked it out of his being, isolated the feeling, and acted like an emotionless

old and knew a lot about people, he couldn't

continued narrating, the Duke stopped paying

seems more and more like George,' Duke

good thing. I'm pretty sure it would be better if he could get some empathy back, even if it were for the sole

bit, but in the end, he only released

my business,' he thought helplessly. 'I'm not his teacher or father.

mine, and I should afford him the freedom to

I only hope that he won't become an enemy in the

Whirlwind's thoughts were pulled back to Shang's

been ambushed in the

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

check as Shang told him how easy and natural it was to kill

even see it as

It was just normal.

just a

more on Shang's aura

the more

more shocked