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 seem much

returned, it was like they had been switched

Zone, and

drastically in a Zone without any

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

several weak people that had

Shang were slim, and if Shang wanted to escape, they would never find

instead of simply leaving, Shang always killed

the way Shang was talking,

this was the

could come

even perceives a minor inconvenience as a risk and treats it as such,

his actions or the impact. It's like he is forcing himself to do these

Whirlwind's mind, but

been like this, but

was

completely blocked it out

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

narrating, the Duke

and more like George,'

better if he could get some empathy back, even if it were for the sole reason of not killing absolutely everyone that even slightly

but in the end, he only released a hidden sigh

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

and I should afford him the freedom to

only hope that he won't become an enemy in the future due to some ridiculous reason born

Duke Whirlwind's thoughts were pulled back

had been ambushed in the

as he heard Shang narrate the battle, which

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

even see it

It was just normal.

a bit

more on Shang's aura in terms

the more he realized

more shocked when he realized