Sword God in a World of Magic

About six months after Shang arrived in the Storm Eagle Zone, he prepared to officially return.

He traveled through multiple Zones in disguise until he arrived at one bordering the frontlines.

In comparison to the rich places all over the Kingdom, this Zone looked barren.

There were no farms, no trading hubs, and no cities.

There were only lots of warriors and Mages stationed here who were preparing for the next assault on the Grandmountain Kingdom.

This Zone was the Hurricane Wolf Zone, and the Zone bordering it, which belonged to the Grandmountain Kingdom, was the Explosion Gecko Zone.

Shang and Duke Whirlwind had already come up with a good plan to let Shang return.

Duke Whirlwind had told Shang that it had been quite a while since there had been any Abominations appearing in these two Zones. If Shang could redirect them more towards the Grandmountain Kingdom's frontlines, he could charge through without any suspicion.

But wait, wouldn't someone become suspicious if Abominations appeared around Shang?

No, why would they?

Abominations appeared all the time, and the Zones were already on high alert for the next wave.

The wave would be expected, not unexpected.

Duke Whirlwind had planned everything in detail with Shang, including what things the Skythunder Kingdom would find in his Space Ring.

Shang even changed Sword's appearance again to its Colossal Sword size. That would make it more believable for Shang to have blended in as a barbarian in the Grandmountain Kingdom.

Theoretically, due to the way the border was set up, Shang could cross it without being noticed, even without the Abominations.

The Hurricane Wolf Zone was filled with thin but incredibly tall spires, housing many flying beasts.

Shang only needed to climb one, "persuade" a beast to carry him, and fly to the Explosion Gecko Zone without anyone noticing. After all, these flying beasts kept flying across the border all the time. They were about as common as birds for the border guards, and they wouldn't look at them.

Inspecting every single flying beast that flew kilometers above their heads would require a tremendous number of resources, and the Grandmountain Kingdom was already short on resources concerning this frontline.

In the war against the Skythunder Kingdom, the Grandmountain Kingdom wasn't focusing on winning but on buying time and surviving. They were focusing their entire power on fighting the Blackshadow Kingdom while waiting for the Magic Purity Kingdom to deal with the Skythunder Kingdom.

the Explosion Gecko Zone in a similar way, but in comparison to the Grandmountain Kingdom,

a few spies that

this way, it would look very suspicious to the Skythunder Kingdom. If Shang were an ally, why would he try to sneak into

to the Grandmountain Kingdom this way, he couldn't

Some of Duke Whirlwind's enemies might suspect Shang of having returned earlier and being responsible

consideration, this meant that

way would he not receive

after he probably got thoroughly interrogated, but Duke Whirlwind had

conflict between the Council and Duke Whirlwind. His territories

though the Council was united against Duke Whirlwind, they still couldn't allow anyone to talk

was not involved in this inner conflict

forces would

quickly climbed one of the spires, grabbed a powerful bird, and used it to fly across the

right into another powerful beast and made it appear that both beasts had heavily injured each

the beasts fell to the ground, and Shang kept himself hidden between their

the corpses into his inner world and hid amongst the crevices of the

And then, he waited.

for the corpses. He had probably seen the two corpses and believed that he

the surroundings and noted that no one

BANG!

exploded forward, killed the barbarian, and pulled him into a hiding spot in less than three

clean, quick, and

searching through the corpse, Shang found the things

inner world and put it

later, a light image

the insignia of this

during their long

today, Shang

while, the image disappeared, and the needle

and the same image

focused on the

was not for the talented barbarians but for the criminals. Basically every single barbarian wore

exquisitely crafted tools and put them on the collar according to Duke

Clink!