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.

same time. After all, if one of them attacked first, the Council would be warned, and they would join

seconds ticked by, and Shang gathered

shouted with a voice transmission to

Sylvia narrowed her eyes.

BANG! BANG!

his top speed in an instant, his Colossal

SHING!

quick succession, and as soon as she arrived at her target location, she felt the Duke just three kilometers away from her, just where

red-haired Duke's eyes opened

Mage with

he noticed that this was the

been prepared for a

experienced, and he

moment, all of Sylvia's prepared Spells had already

and humongous boulders that seemed to be some sort of fusion of ice

it all rained down on

it was like

above him had exploded above him, and all the

activating Mana Shield made it impossible to use Mana

gigantic

BOOOOOOOOOM!

hundred meters of the Duke's surroundings exploded

Duke was thrown back, his Mana reserves having

instant later, fire gathered

SSSSSSHH!

off some kind of icy

it would take too much Fire Mana to

SHING!

the strike, the icy mist was rapidly moving backward, and if he decided to step away

was quickly readying his first offensive Spell, but he couldn't

crescent made of black fire was

teeth

SHING!

and hit a hill

moment, the Duke noticed

kilometer away from him at this point, and his Great Sword was growing into

BANG!

made of ice hit the Duke's

didn't avoid the

using Mana Step, he would forever remain

forward with

Duke moved his arm to the side, and a big wave of lava shot out right at

but then the Duke

Dawn!

BOOOOOOM!

exploded again, but the Duke had evaded

the Duke stretched his

BANG!

as it

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

the side in

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

Star Shatter!

to recover