Sword God in a World of Magic

As more time passed, the Mages became more and more nervous and fearful.

They had over 50 High Mages on their side, and they had all prepared their Spells.

They were all ready to launch a devastating wave of attacks at whoever was attacking them.

Yet, they just couldn't find the opponent!

What were they supposed to attack when there was nothing to attack?!

"Don't panic," the Patriarch told everyone via voice transmission. "This is not a fight to kill the opponent but to survive. In ten minutes, at most, the barrier will deactivate. After that, the Enforcer will arrive very quickly."

The other Mages nodded.

The Patriarch was right.

They only needed to survive for a while, not kill the opponent.

"Everyone gather at my location and be careful while you move," the Patriarch ordered.

The Mages quickly made their way to the Patriarch.

SHING! SHING! SHING!

Yet, several of the Mages still died on their way to the Patriarch.

The Patriarch gritted his teeth. He wanted to do nothing more than just directly jump toward one of his dying people and kill the attacker.

Yet, he had learned by now that he didn't have the ability to do so.

As soon as he arrived, the attacker would have already retreated.

And worst of all, the attacker didn't even leave behind any trace of Mana!

He could have gone upward, downward, left, right, anywhere!

The bright light in the hallway only heightened the fear of the Mages.

There was nowhere to hide.

But they were also afraid of the dark.

They already had a hard time finding the attacker. If everything became dark on top of that, it would only become even more difficult to find them!

last 45 Mages

were the Patriarch, eight Peak High Mages, and all

High Mages quickly gathered and created a powerful Magic Circle to share all their

be powerful enough to resist the Spells of a Mid Archmage for a

seconds, the Mages only kept watch

the couple of weaker Mages running in panic through the

The attacks had stopped.

SHING! SHING!

accurately, the attacks on the High Mages had

black afterimages returned, and every time they did, another corpse of a

the fifth floor in the middle of the

and service staff left in

people that were near the place the Patriarch had called out ran towards him, while the others

into their rooms

a

that had been running towards the

their teeth helplessly as they watched

they left the collective Mana Shield, they

frustrating and infuriating part of

had never felt

the only thing they

a couple of Mages near the front door of

the front door and charged into the darkness

touched the Darkness Mana outside the castle, all the Darkness Mana in their surroundings

all the Darkness Mana

CRACK!

Shields of the Mages broke within a second, and

that had fled the castle

the Mages were silent, but deep inside, they were seething with fury and

their families and friends had

their children had

castle fell into silence again

waited, their destructive Spells

for their target to

target appeared, they

for

There was only silence.

already passed, which meant that they only needed to

attacker hadn't shown themselves in nearly

Was it working?

afraid of