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.

saw the nervous look in the younger man's

he pointed behind

Lenner Family have

younger man looked past

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

of wavy green

over 500 High Mages in that castle, and there were even ten Peak High Mages and

Ding! Ding!

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

seconds. The Lenner Family only had an Initial Grade Five Repulsion Barrier, and they didn't even have

amongst the visitors, reached the patriarch, assassinated him, and then destroyed

in, we will know, and if they decide to attack directly, they wouldn't be getting through the barrier before an

Family, boy. Get that into your head!" the older man said

younger man lowered his

Mage, and he was getting quite intimidated by his captain, who

man

all that, captain,

disgusted sneer appeared on the older man's

"What if it malfunctions?"

Silence.

older

younger man

again. I've heard of several barriers that couldn't complete their purpose due to an error that can only

man snorted. "The manufacturer wouldn't dare to let something like that happen. We could

man added, "what's the point of getting

how to

older man's barrage, the younger man's face scrunched

the younger man actually

complaints?" the

pulled off one of his Space

SHING!

a green shirt and

older man raised

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

of your paranoia?" the

costs a bit of money to check the barrier. You're putting a couple of Mana Crystals over our lives, and I won't work

with a snort.

of his fingers onto the side of his head and began to chant