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.

the nervous look in the younger man's eyes, he took a

he pointed

that? Did the Lenner Family have that?" the

looked past the

tall. Slightly in front of the gate was a

a humongous castle made of wavy green metal stood on

able to sense over 500 High Mages

Ding! Ding!

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

Archmage for over 30 seconds. The Lenner Family only had an Initial Grade Five Repulsion Barrier, and they didn't even have the

or Early Darkness Archmage probably hid amongst the visitors, reached the patriarch, assassinated him, and then destroyed everything from

sneak in, we will know, and if they decide to attack directly, they wouldn't

are not as helpless as the Lenner Family, boy. Get that into your head!" the older man said with

younger man lowered his head

Initial High Mage, and he was getting quite intimidated

the younger man was

understand all that, captain,

on the older

"What if it malfunctions?"

Silence.

the older

younger man

why I think we should 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

something like that happen. We could squeeze so much money out of them if they sold us

younger man added, "what's the point

whining! We know what we are doing, and we know how to defend ourselves from invaders and attackers! Get

barrage, the younger man's face

actually looked into

Got any complaints?"

man pulled off one of his

SHING!

were replaced with a green

man

the younger man said as he shoved his Space Ring into the older

your paranoia?" the

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

older man repeated with a snort.

put one of his fingers onto the