Sword God in a World of Magic

"The Adamantite Behemoth Zone and Empress Cobra Zone will be under Duke Torrent's rule from now on."

Shang looked at his Communication Crystal as he heard these words.

"That's the Duke to the east of the Zones, correct?" he asked.

"Correct," Duke Whirlwind answered.

"That means that Duke Mithril is left with the Ice Wyvern Zone, the Northern Ice Wyvern Zone, the Volcano Wyrm Zone, and the Thunder Horse Zone, right?"

"Right."

Shang furrowed his brows. He had hoped that Duke Whirlwind would get something back, but that thought had obviously been naïve.

"What's your relationship with Duke Torrent?" he asked.

"Duke Torrent and I have been good friends for a long while, but she follows the Council's orders perfectly. Our old friendship doesn't matter at this point since she will go against us just like Duke Mithril," Duke Whirlwind answered.

When Shang heard the word "us", he felt a bit strange.

Was this a feeling of companionship?

He wasn't sure.

"What do we do now?" Shang asked.

"For now, we need to lay low," Duke Whirlwind answered. "If any Abominations appear in the Storm Eagle Zone, don't stop them, but it would be better if they appeared in the wild or near Warrior's Paradise. The Farm Line is also not easy to attack, but many people will still die."

"But we also need to be attacked by the Abominations to make it seem like we have nothing to do with this attack."

"That shouldn't be a problem," Shang answered.

"Good," Duke Whirlwind said. "For now, keep training. Your armor is already done, but I will only give it to you when you officially return. I've already made it seem like it's a present for George, and you will just be the benefactor of a coincidence."

"Thank you," Shang answered.

"No problem."

After Duke Whirlwind said that, a couple of seconds of silence happened.

weren't responsible for the manner in which things went down, right?" Duke Whirlwind suddenly

"I can only somewhat

was what we agreed on. However, it also makes sense that the Abominations would attack the place with the densest Mana, which would be the horn of

of that while we were planning," Duke Whirlwind said, and Shang could hear

want you to know that

Shang's insides shook again.

from your home to a different location, and whatever happened

the Abominations' nature

would have told you to summon

weighs heavily on your mind, and I know that you are probably blaming yourself for how things turned out. After all,

don't blame yourself,

not to

was not your

"Okay?"

knew that Duke Whirlwind was blaming himself, and he wanted

It had been him!

been the one that had

that ever since

schemes, and even if Duke Whirlwind had told Shang not

Yet…

tried to sound as normal as always. "There's nothing that

one and the one that came up with

had nothing to do with it, okay?"

Shang gritted his teeth.

to talk about that right now. I need to train to distract my

you to it. If you have any news regarding the appearance of the next wave of Abominations

"I will," Shang answered.

"Good. Later."

"Later."

then, the connection

immediately put the Communication

his hand, that he would throw it against

you! It's me!" Shang shouted

done the right

right thing to

"My enemies must die!"