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.

could get back to the Hurricane Wolf Zone from the Explosion Gecko Zone in a similar way, but in comparison to the Grandmountain Kingdom, the Skythunder Kingdom actually

quite a few spies

ally, why would he try to sneak into his own home, and how

to the Grandmountain Kingdom this way, he couldn't return the

Shang could just start "flying" with his Blasts since that tool was too good for escaping. Some of Duke Whirlwind's enemies might suspect Shang of having returned earlier and being

meant that Shang had to break through the

in this way would he not receive any suspicion

probably got thoroughly interrogated, but Duke Whirlwind had already set everything up for Shang to deal with

Duke Whirlwind, the resident Duke wasn't involved in the conflict between the Council and Duke Whirlwind. His territories were so far away that it was pointless to

Council was united against Duke Whirlwind, they still couldn't allow anyone to talk to King Skythunder about this. The fewer the people

the resident Duke was not involved in

forces would be neutral

one of the spires, grabbed

powerful beast and made it appear that both beasts had heavily

the ground, and

landed, he put the corpses into his inner world and hid amongst the

And then, he waited.

the spot, searching for the corpses. He had probably seen the two corpses and believed that he could make some money

check the surroundings and noted that no one was

BANG!

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

was clean, quick, and

through the corpse, Shang found

from his inner world

later, a light image

was the insignia of this

had received during their long

Shang would use

while, the image disappeared, and

with the needle, and the same image now appeared on his

and focused on the heavy

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

crafted tools and put them on the collar according to Duke Whirlwind's

Clink!