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.

Shang arrived at the Grandmountain Kingdom, he didn't seem much

returned, it was

Tide Serpent Zone, and that something was

motivated Shang to change that drastically

point, Shang's tales became much darker, but Duke Whirlwind noticed that Shang

people that had only accidentally come close to his hiding

them actually finding Shang were slim, and if Shang wanted

simply leaving, Shang always killed

was talking, it seemed

this was the only

was the only solution he could come

he so used to killing everything that poses a risk that he now even perceives a minor inconvenience as a risk

to think about his actions or the impact. It's like he

shot through Duke Whirlwind's mind,

had always been like this, but

Shang was

that he completely blocked it out of his being,

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

narrating, the

more and more like George,' Duke Whirlwind

thing. I'm pretty sure it would be better if he could get some empathy back, even if it were for the sole reason of not killing absolutely everyone that even slightly steps in front of his

bit, but in the end, he only released a hidden sigh Shang

helplessly. 'I'm not his teacher or father. It's not my place to dictate how another adult should

mine, and I should afford him the freedom to make

what he wants, it's fine. I only hope that he won't become an enemy in the future due to some ridiculous

were pulled

been ambushed in the Empress

became colder as he heard Shang narrate the battle, which had been very

told him how easy and natural it was to kill a Mage on his

even see it as

It was just normal.

was just a bit of

Whirlwind focused more on Shang's aura in terms of

aura, the more

became even more shocked when