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 have that

if he sacrificed

nearly five seconds, the two only

he could make an appearance

proving impossible

but his

instinct had been honed by years of

Duke didn't like it at all,

the Duke said coldly. "I will call

for another second before putting his sword to the

"Fine," he said.

Mages around them released another sigh

far beyond their ability to

the side, he summoned a Communication Crystal and contacted the Chief

about ten minutes

woman with grey hair and grey eyes, but one could see an unfathomable amount

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

a look at Shang,

she walked over to the Inquisitor and wordlessly put a

normal for Inquisitors to have their minds read by the Chief Inquisitor. The Inquisitors were the judges of traitors, and

Chief Inquisitor's eyes opened after a couple

she looked at Shang and back at the

keep the Kingdom safe and in order,"

a Mind Read from everyone, we must keep in mind that what

Read is not without consequences, and we must have a good reason to

this case, this was not the

respect as he listened to the

Inquisitor looked

"While I do agree that the Mind Read was excessive, you had the power

focused on the Chief Inquisitor. "And if I didn't have that power, I would have to eat the abuse

Shang's eye narrowed. "If that's your philosophy, your Inquisitor should

Silence.

furrowed his

Chief Inquisitor's expression didn't

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

Duke nodded.

polite bow, turned around, and

turned to Shang with

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

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

relaxed and nodded. "I will