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.

arrived at the Grandmountain Kingdom, he didn't

left the Grandmountain Kingdom and returned, it was like they had been

the Tide Serpent Zone, and that something was the

have motivated Shang to change that drastically in a Zone

that point, Shang's tales became much darker, but Duke Whirlwind noticed that Shang didn't seem to notice the change

people that had only accidentally come close to

Shang were slim, and if

simply leaving, Shang always

the way Shang was talking, it seemed to be the only

his mind, this was the only thing he

solution he could come up with to the problem

risk that he now even perceives a minor inconvenience as a risk and treats it as such, regardless of the cost?'

It's like he is forcing himself to

Duke Whirlwind's mind, but

had always been like this, but he hadn't

was

own guilt that he completely blocked it

old and knew a

the

more and more like George,'

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

over these thoughts for a bit, but in the

he thought helplessly. 'I'm not his teacher or father. It's not my place

should afford him the freedom

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

were

ambushed in the

became colder as he heard Shang narrate the battle, which

expressions in check as Shang told him how

even see it

It was just normal.

just a bit of

Whirlwind focused more on Shang's aura in

aura, the more he

became even more shocked when