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

he sacrificed an

the two only

expected that he could make an appearance and the

this warrior was proving impossible to

to kill Shang, but his instincts were against that

instinct had been honed by years of battle, experience,

all, but he

your sword away," the Duke said coldly. "I will call the

Duke for another second before putting

"Fine," he said.

moment, the Mages around them released another sigh

like this was far beyond their ability to manage

the side, he summoned a Communication Crystal and contacted

ten minutes until the Chief

Chief Inquisitor was an older woman with grey hair and grey eyes, but one could see an unfathomable amount of wisdom

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

a look at Shang, but her

Inquisitor and wordlessly put a hand

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

Chief Inquisitor's eyes opened after a couple

at Shang and back

rules and laws keep the Kingdom safe and in

a Mind Read from everyone, we must keep in

without consequences, and we must have a

this case, this

respect

Inquisitor looked

Shang," 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

eye focused on the Chief Inquisitor. "And if I didn't have that

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

Silence.

furrowed his

Chief Inquisitor's expression didn't

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

Duke nodded. "Thank you,

performed a polite

turned to Shang with

in the Skythunder Kingdom. Everything you have done, including your damage done to the Grandmountain Kingdom, the things you have

the next ten minutes after gathering all your things. This is

nodded. "I will do