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

he pointed behind

see that? Did the Lenner Family have that?" the

younger man looked past the

a gigantic gate nearly 200 meters tall. Slightly in front of the gate was a nearly translucent bubble that gave off a terrifying amount

a humongous castle made of wavy green metal stood

to this location, they would be able to sense over 500 High Mages in that

Ding! Ding!

Barrier," the older man said with annoyance as he knocked on the barrier

all-out assault of a Mid Archmage for over 30 seconds. The Lenner Family only had an Initial

hid amongst the visitors, reached the patriarch, assassinated him, and

or sneak in, we will know, and if they decide

helpless as the Lenner Family, boy. Get that

lowered his

an Initial High Mage, and he was getting quite intimidated by his captain, who was a Late

younger man was

understand all that,

the older man's face when he

"What if it malfunctions?"

Silence.

the older

man

it, and activate it again. I've heard of several barriers that couldn't complete their purpose due to an error that can only be found during an inspection," the

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

know, but," the younger man added, "what's the point of getting money from them when

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

barrage, the younger

older man was done, the younger man actually looked into

any complaints?"

man pulled off one

SHING!

robes were replaced with a green

older man

man said as he shoved his Space Ring into the older man's hands.

the older man asked with a deadpan

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 Mana Crystals over our lives, and I won't

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

man put one of his fingers onto the side of