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.

Shang didn't

he

nearly five seconds, the two only

had expected that he could make an appearance and the

proving impossible

wanted to kill Shang, but his instincts were

had been honed by years of battle, experience, and research, and

didn't like it at all, but he came

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

second before putting his sword to

"Fine," he said.

moment, the Mages around them released another sigh of

this was far beyond their ability to manage or

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

ten minutes

with grey hair and grey eyes, but

she's definitely stronger

Chief Inquisitor threw a look at Shang, but her

that, she walked over to the Inquisitor and wordlessly

Inquisitors to have their minds read by the Chief Inquisitor. The Inquisitors were the judges of traitors, and having a traitorous Inquisitor would be devastating. Because of that,

Inquisitor's eyes opened

she looked at Shang and back at the

safe

power and authority to request a Mind Read from everyone, we must keep in mind that what is natural for us might be a devastating event for someone

we must

case, this was not

only lowered his head in respect as

the Chief Inquisitor looked

she said, obviously having found out Shang's name via the Mind Read. "While I do agree that the Mind Read was excessive, you had the power to refuse without trying to kill one of my

Inquisitor. "And if I didn't have that power, I

narrowed. "If that's your philosophy, your Inquisitor should also eat

Silence.

furrowed

Chief Inquisitor's expression didn't

whether to accept my advice or not," she calmly said. Then, she looked at the Duke. "There is no good reason to perform

nodded. "Thank you,

performed a polite bow,

to Shang with a cold

Kingdom, the things you

your things. This is

nodded.