Sword God in a World of Magic

For a while, the older man couldn't wrap his mind around what he was looking at.

It was the silhouette of a tall and thin man wearing long and old white robes.

There were several loose strands on the old robe, and it looked extremely old, almost ancient.

The white of the robes was so stark that they almost seemed ethereal as they moved slightly in the wind.

Even more, the man wearing the robes was standing on the road with his bare feet, which also seemed far too white to be from someone that walked around with bare feet.

The hair of the man was extremely long and pitch black, heavily contrasting his stark white robes. His hair was so long that it even reached his legs.

But the most shocking thing was his face.

Several pure white bandages surrounded the upper half of his face, completely hiding his eyes. Only his nose, mouth, and hair were visible.

And his expression was scarily neutral. It was almost like the older man was looking at a statue instead of a living human.

Lastly, his aura was… haunting.

As the older man tried to feel the aura of the silhouette on the road, he felt like he was trying to lean on air.

It was like this person didn't have an aura!

By all intents and purposes, this man looked and felt more like an illusion or a ghost than a person.

The older man's mind shot through several scenarios and possible explanations.

But his thoughts were interrupted as he suddenly had to take a deep breath.

The distant "face" of the person had suddenly appeared right in front of him!

Then, the older man couldn't think anymore.

A bloody hole had appeared on his forehead, and his corpse fell to the ground.

At the same time, the surroundings of the corpse were warping and transforming, and an instant later, the older man reappeared on the spot with a bored look.

Everything had happened so fast that no one would have noticed all of this unless they had already been looking at the older man.

Of course, the older man that had reappeared wasn't the real one.

just an

washed over the area after feeling

nothing of concern happening near the front

Senses noticed the ghostly figure in white robes

This was Shang.

at least what he had

have any particular thoughts while doing all

This was just routine.

more powerful, and everything he was doing right now was to achieve

way he gained his power didn't matter

there were plenty of jobs for

towards the barrier and

medal made of metal

BZZT! BZZT!

came out of the medal, and a second later,

inside of the barrier, grabbed

medal kept the hole open. If Shang took it away, the hole would close with him outside. Because of that, he put the second one on the inside to keep the hole open so he could

medal, the hole behind Shang closed, locking him inside

was only there

slowly walked along a wide and majestic path

grew closer, the castle took up more and more of his

five kilometers tall

this was still one of the biggest he

minutes, Shang reached

one outside the castle and no one guarding the entrance

like there was no one living

Shang knocked on the

of seconds

door creaked open, revealing a neatly dressed

appeared between Shang and

the door

butler had closed the door, and he acted like there was no

walking through the grand entrance

at the butler walking into the first corridor on the

corpse of the butler lying beside the

of the first door and

young woman with flowing

A black afterimage appeared.

of nothing