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.

nervous look in the younger man's eyes,

he pointed behind

Lenner Family have that?"

younger man looked past the older

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

made of wavy

to this location, they would be able to sense over

Ding! Ding!

said with annoyance as he knocked on

of a Mid Archmage for over 30 seconds. The Lenner

Archmage probably hid amongst the visitors, reached the

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

helpless as the Lenner Family, boy. Get that into

younger man lowered his head

he was getting quite intimidated by his captain, who was a Late High

the younger man was still

all that,

appeared on the older man's face when he heard

"What if it malfunctions?"

Silence.

the older

younger man

I've heard of several barriers that couldn't complete their purpose due

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

but," the younger man added, "what's the point of getting

and we know how to defend ourselves from invaders

to the older man's barrage, the

younger man actually looked into the older man's eyes

complaints?" the older

younger man pulled off one of his

SHING!

grey robes were replaced with a green shirt

older man raised an

younger man said as he shoved his Space

You quit because of your paranoia?" the older

it costs a bit of money to check the barrier. You're putting a couple of Mana Crystals over our lives, and I

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

onto the side of