Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang actually had to wait for a long time.

It wasn't that the Sweepers were fully booked but that the reward for the mission hadn't reached adequate levels yet.

Every month, the Keeper increased the reward for the mission by ten Grade Six Mana Crystals until one of the Sweepers accepted the mission.

By then, Shang had waited nearly one and a half years.

"Someone accepted the mission," the Keeper informed Shang.

Shang stopped training and stepped out of the room.

Spike Ball was sneering at him while Ice Princess was ignoring everything and waited with her eyes closed.

Shang walked over to the Keeper.

"The location of this branch is secretive, even for Sweepers," she transmitted to him. "You will leave the branch and wait at this location. Make sure that the Sweeper can actually find you."

A map appeared in Shang's mind. The place where he was supposed to be waiting was around 5,000 kilometers away from the branch. This was still within the range of whatever the Temple of Blood was using to scan the surroundings, which meant that Shang could go there without any issues.

Shang nodded and left the branch without saying anything.

He had already received his instructions several months ago. From now on, he was only supposed to follow the commands of the Sweeper.

Shang's survival was in the interest of the Sweeper since they were being paid good money to protect him, and they knew better than him what to do in the wilderness.

Shang left the branch and traveled towards the east.

this territory for over 150 years, and he knew

there were no real Zones in the

surroundings were just normal forest from a temperate climate during early

in comparison to areas in temperate climates

was exactly what it looked like

wilderness in this area. Just normal trees, normal temperatures, plenty of animals, lots

there were so many Ancestral Beasts, was that releasing one's Mana in the surroundings was considered

transform its surroundings into a land of ice, some other Ancestral Beast that walked by might take

top of that, Ancestral Beasts often didn't even stay in one place. Many of them traveled across the land while considering their

they actually couldn't transform that much of their surroundings into

23, the Zones had only been about 100 kilometers wide each, while there were often over a thousand kilometers between Ancestral Beasts. A small area of about a hundred kilometers was not very

the middle of the northern part of Aterium. More specifically, Shang was in the southern

northwestern part of Aterium, and Area 23 had

Area 23, Shang traveled east

faced so many dangers during his journey, but he

to remain in the Lightning Manor's territory since he knew that the Lightning Manor was searching for

if Jerald had only been a contractor, he had still technically been a

journey, he had traveled for over four million kilometers, and he wouldn't do that

close calls had been terrifyingly

had been so high that Shang even suspected that the God might have interfered to keep

Shang had actually joined different groups

ask the supervising

True Path Stage warrior back then, and

things were different

couldn't allow himself to come close to any