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.

in the younger man's eyes, he took

he pointed

the Lenner Family have that?" the

looked

200 meters tall. Slightly in front of the gate was

made of wavy green

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

Ding! Ding!

Repulsion Barrier," the older man said with annoyance

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

visitors, reached the

tries to change their appearance or sneak in, we will know, and if they decide to attack directly, they wouldn't be

Family, boy. Get

younger man lowered his

only an Initial High Mage, and he was getting quite intimidated by

man was

understand all

on the older man's face when he

"What if it malfunctions?"

Silence.

the older man

man nodded

deactivate it, inspect 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,"

to let something like that happen. We could squeeze

know, but," the younger man added, "what's the point

how to defend

listening to the older man's barrage, the younger

the younger man actually looked into the older man's eyes

Got any complaints?" the older man

pulled off one of his Space

SHING!

replaced with a green

man

man said as he shoved his Space Ring into the

quit because of your paranoia?" the

safe 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 Mana

with a snort. "Fine, then quit. Give me

of his fingers onto the side