Sword God in a World of Magic

The Inquisitor slowly stood up, took a deep breath, and saluted in front of the Duke.

"Sir, I requested a Mind Read, but instead of complying, this warrior attacked me," the Inquisitor said.

The Duke furrowed his brows and looked at Shang. "A Mind Read is standard procedure for anyone coming from an enemy Kingdom. Why did you refuse?"

Shang only snorted in disrespect.

The Duke narrowed his eyes.

It was like Shang wasn't respecting the Duke at all.

"I killed the strongest Mage present on the enemy encampment, killed three more Early True Mages, destroyed three Mage Towers, donated two of those Towers to the Skythunder Kingdom, answered his questions under a Truth Verification Spell for six hours, but instead of showing me any kind of respect, you treat me like shit and want to dig around in my brain?"

"After ten years, I finally managed to come home, I give the Skythunder Kingdom some presents, but instead of being treated with respect, I get treated like a piece of shit and a traitor."

At that point, the Duke interrupted Shang. "A Mind Read is still standard procedure."

"Fuck your standard procedure!" Shang shouted.

Silence.

The Duke only narrowed his eyes threateningly.

Shang's right eye narrowed as his grin widened maliciously.

Then, he lifted his sword and readied it.

The Mages almost couldn't believe what they were seeing.

This warrior wasn't showing any respect to the Duke at all!

Did he have a death wish?!

"You do know that I have enough justification to kill you on the spot, right?" the Duke asked threateningly.

Shang only smirked, pointed his left arm towards the Duke, and taunted him to come at him.

The atmosphere turned tense, and Shang could feel the insane pressure coming from the Duke.

But on the other side, the Duke also felt a bit nervous.

Something was telling him that attacking Shang was a very bad idea.

Logic told him that he should be able to turn Shang into dust in an instant, but his instincts were telling him that Shang had the power to threaten his life if it came down to it.

didn't have that

he sacrificed

five seconds, the two only looked

expected that he could make an appearance and the unrest

this warrior was proving impossible

but his instincts were

honed by years of battle, experience,

all, but he came to a

away," the Duke said coldly. "I will call the Chief Inquisitor,

at the Duke for another second before putting his sword

"Fine," he said.

that moment, the Mages around them

was far beyond their ability to

the Duke saw that Shang had put his sword to the side,

about ten minutes until the

but one could see an unfathomable amount of wisdom and power

isn't a truly powerful Peak True Mage, but she's definitely stronger than

look at Shang, but her expression didn't

she walked over to the Inquisitor and wordlessly put a hand on

Chief Inquisitor. The Inquisitors were the judges of traitors, and having a traitorous Inquisitor would be devastating. Because of that, their minds regularly got

eyes opened after a couple

Shang and back

laws keep the Kingdom safe and in order,"

and authority to request a Mind Read from everyone, we must keep in

is not without consequences, and we must have

this case, this

in respect as he

Chief Inquisitor looked

Shang," she said, obviously having found out Shang's name via the Mind Read. "While I do agree that the

that power, I would

Shang's eye narrowed. "If that's your philosophy, your Inquisitor should also eat my abuse up like

Silence.

furrowed his

the Chief Inquisitor's expression

she calmly said. Then, she looked at the

Duke nodded. "Thank you,

Inquisitor performed a polite bow,

Duke turned to Shang with a cold

you have done, including your damage done to the Grandmountain Kingdom, the things you have donated to the Skythunder Kingdom, and how you have conducted yourself

the next ten minutes after gathering all your things.

nodded.