Sword God in a World of Magic

After a couple of hours, a High Mage entered Shang's Spirit Sense.

He was traveling at normal speeds for a High Mage that wasn't using Mana Step. Obviously, he was conserving his Mana.

The Mage was a middle-aged man with a brown beard and long red hair, wearing the typical robes of a Duke.

"He's here," Shang said after hours of silence.

Sylvia checked the surroundings with her Spirit Sense, but she couldn't find the Mage.

She had already been informed that Shang could feel others from much further away than normal, but she was still a bit surprised when she saw it with her own eyes.

"We will go according to the plan," Shang said. "I will attack him with a barrage of powerful attacks, forcing him to use up several Mana Steps to evade. You will attack, but you shouldn't go all out yet. Keep your Mana full."

"When I get close, I will put pressure on him and counter his first three Mana Steps. When you see me get close, I need you to release your most powerful Spells. Of course, it would be appreciated if you didn't hit me with those," Shang said.

Sylvia nodded.

At that moment, Sylvia summoned her Focus and readied several Spells.

Shang lifted his Colossal Sword and also readied himself.

There were two more Late High Mages in the Skythunder Kingdom that weren't part of the Council.

Originally, Jerald was supposed to take out one of them, and then they would prepare themselves for the final battle.

However, with Sylvia now having joined them, they could take out both of them.

Since these two Mages weren't anywhere close to Jerald's Zones, Shang and Jerald had to fly to them. Shang might be able to carry one person, but he couldn't carry his three High Mages with him.

Because of that, he would have to fight without his augmenting Spells.

Shang didn't have a lot of confidence in taking out a Late High Mage without his augmenting Spells, but with Sylvia helping him, it should be easy.

Shang didn't fully trust Sylvia, but he trusted Jerald, and Jerald had said that Shang could trust Sylvia.

Shang decided to believe in Jerald, but he still kept his guard up.

He didn't want to fight against two Late High Mages at the same time.

At that point, he would have no other choice but to use Entropy, and he would need to hit both of them at the same time.

And after that, he would be so weakened that he wouldn't even be able to flee. The Council would notice the battle immediately, and they would arrive within a minute.

So, even though Shang was confident in taking out the Duke with Sylvia, he wasn't confident in surviving if Sylvia decided to betray them, just like she betrayed the Council.

Or, maybe, she had never betrayed the Council in the first place, and this was all a huge scheme?

Shang kept looking at the Duke and took out a Communication Crystal.

"We will enter battle in one minute," he said.

"Okay," Jerald answered through the crystal.

Shang put the crystal away again.

In comparison to Shang's target, Jerald's target wasn't on the move, allowing him to attack whenever he wanted.

first, the Council would be warned, and

ticked by, and Shang gathered power

Shang shouted with a voice

Sylvia narrowed her eyes.

BANG! BANG!

two Ice Blasts and reached his top speed in an instant,

SHING!

her target location, she felt the Duke just three kilometers away from her, just where

eyes opened wide

Late High Mage

that this was the traitorous Council member, Sylvia

Duke had not been prepared for a

and he activated his Mana Shield

all of Sylvia's prepared Spells had already shot

area above her was filled with icy spires and humongous boulders that seemed to be some sort of

all rained

Duke, it was

above him, and all the debris was now rapidly

activating Mana Shield made it impossible to use Mana Step

the gigantic avalanche

BOOOOOOOOOM!

a hundred meters of the Duke's surroundings

was thrown back, his Mana reserves having taken

instant later, fire

SSSSSSHH!

had given off some kind of icy mist, and the Duke felt his

weakened, but it would take too much Fire Mana to get rid of all the icy

SHING!

backward, and if he

readying his first offensive Spell, but he couldn't finish it

crescent made of black

gritted his teeth and used Mana Step

SHING!

crescent missed him and hit a hill behind

Duke noticed Shang and his

away from him at this point, and his Great Sword

BANG!

spire made of ice hit the

avoid the Spell this

continued using Mana Step, he would forever remain in a passive

slashed forward with his humongous icy

a big wave

broke apart, but then the Duke saw

Dawn!

BOOOOOOM!

again, but the Duke had

stretched his

BANG!

lava exploded as it hit another icy spire

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

the Duke was thrown to the side in an instant by

fire had shot at him at insane speeds, and he hadn't been able to ready a Spell to

Star Shatter!

managed to recover