Sword God in a World of Magic

"And you think that's a good idea… why?"

A middle-aged man in expensive red robes was currently looking at a younger man wearing cheaper-looking grey robes.

"I just want to be careful, sir," the younger man said with nervousness.

The older man sighed. "Boy, do you have any idea how much money it costs to deactivate and activate the barrier?"

The younger man looked with uncertainty at the ground. "I don't know, sir, but I think carelessness can lead to worse outcomes."

"Carelessness?" the older man repeated with a raised brow. "There is a difference between being careful and being paranoid. Checking the surroundings for beasts while going through a forest is careful. Buying a grade five mobile deflection barrier for a stroll through your garden is paranoia."

The younger man looked uncomfortable. "But, sir, what about the Lenner Family?"

"They died. So?" The older man asked.

"Yes, and they were our allies, sir. So, wouldn't whatever targeted them target us next?" the young man asked.

The older man raised an eyebrow and looked at the younger man for a while longer. "Is this about the rumors?"

The young man didn't answer, but his eyes looked nervous.

The older man could only groan. "Really? You too?"

"Sir, several people have confirmed the rumors," the younger man said carefully.

"Boy, you have to pay attention to how much you believe of a statement," the older man said with a sigh while massaging the bridge of his nose in annoyance.

"Was the Lenner Family killed by only one person? Probably."

"Was the Lenner Family killed by some kind of Magic that no one has ever seen? Maybe."

"Was the Lenner Family killed by something that was neither beast nor Magic? Very unlikely."

"Was the Lenner Family killed by a literal white ghost? No."

"Yes, several people have confirmed that one person in white clothing has destroyed the Lenner Family and then vanished, but that doesn't mean that this person was some stupid ghost."

"We are Mages, not farmers, boy. We know more about the world than anyone else, and there is no proof of the existence of ghosts. All these ghost stories can be explained with specific phenomena that can only happen in these places."

The younger man still looked nervously at the older man.

older man saw the nervous look in the younger man's eyes,

pointed behind

Did the Lenner Family have that?" the older

younger man looked past the older

Slightly in front of the gate was a nearly

a humongous castle made of wavy green

be able to sense over 500 High Mages in that castle, and there were even ten Peak High Mages and

Ding! Ding!

the older man said with annoyance as he knocked on the barrier behind

can resist an all-out assault of a Mid Archmage for over 30 seconds. The Lenner Family only had an Initial Grade Five Repulsion Barrier, and they didn't even have the

Early Darkness Archmage probably hid amongst the visitors, reached the patriarch, assassinated

have that problem, boy. If anyone tries to change their appearance or sneak in, we will know, and if they decide to attack directly, they wouldn't be getting through

as the Lenner Family, boy. Get that into

younger man lowered

was getting quite intimidated by his captain, who was a

the younger man was

all that, captain,

sneer appeared on the older man's face when he heard

"What if it malfunctions?"

Silence.

the older man

man nodded

that couldn't complete their purpose

something like that happen. We could squeeze so much money out

added, "what's the point of getting money from them when we

the older man shouted. "I've had it up to here with all of your whining! We know what we are doing, and we know how to defend ourselves from invaders and attackers! Get back to work and stop bothering me! We will not deactivate the barrier because of

to the older man's barrage, the younger man's

younger man actually looked into the

complaints?"

younger man pulled off one of his Space

SHING!

grey robes were replaced with a

man raised

shoved his

You quit because of your paranoia?" the older man asked with a

here," the younger man said with annoyance. "And you just keep dismissing all my arguments just because it costs a bit of money to check the barrier. You're putting a couple of

Pfft," the older man repeated with a snort. "Fine, then

one of his fingers onto the side of his head and