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

the Tide Serpent Zone, and that something was the catalyst for

have motivated Shang to change that drastically in a Zone without any humans

Shang's tales became much darker, but Duke Whirlwind noticed that Shang didn't seem

that had

slim, and if Shang wanted to escape,

instead of simply leaving, Shang always killed

Shang was talking, it seemed to be the only

this was the only

come up with to the

now even perceives a minor inconvenience as a risk and treats it

the impact. It's like he is forcing himself

Duke Whirlwind's mind, but he couldn't be

had always been like this, but he hadn't

was

that he completely blocked it out of his being, isolated the feeling, and acted

though Duke Whirlwind was old and knew a lot

the Duke stopped paying

and more like George,' Duke Whirlwind

could get some empathy back, even if it were for

but in the

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

is his life, not mine, and I should

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

thoughts were

been ambushed in the Empress Cobra

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

him how easy and natural it was to kill a Mage

even see

It was just normal.

just a bit of

that moment, Duke Whirlwind focused more

more he looked at Shang's aura, the more he realized

became even more