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

couple of Spirit Senses washed over the area after feeling some Mana fluctuations, but they looked away again

was nothing of concern happening near

Senses noticed the ghostly figure in white

This was Shang.

what he

didn't have any particular thoughts while doing all of

This was just routine.

everything he

gained his power didn't

there were plenty of jobs for people with no care for

turned towards the barrier

of metal

BZZT! BZZT!

a second later,

through the hole, put a second medal onto the inside of the barrier, grabbed the first medal on the outside, and then retrieved the second

it away, the hole would close with him outside. Because of that, he put the second one on the inside to keep

the hole behind Shang closed, locking him inside

forward past the gate. The gate was only there for

along a wide and majestic

grew closer, the castle took up more and more of his world until it looked like a

five kilometers tall and 15

in his life, but this was still one of the biggest he had ever

couple of minutes, Shang reached

outside the castle and no one guarding the entrance to the castle

there was no one

Shang knocked on

of seconds

revealing a neatly dressed older

appeared between

the door behind him

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

house were walking through the grand entrance hall and stepped into the first

walking into the

the actual corpse of

front of the

young woman with flowing

A black afterimage appeared.

of nothing