Sword God in a World of Magic

"Sir, the person you've asked for has arrived."

"Thanks," Shang answered the town planner before flying over to a new person that had just entered his town.

"Welcome to my town," Shang spoke politely to the person floating in front of him.

The woman floating in front of Shang chuckled politely. "Thank you, Town Lord," she said. "I've heard that you are interested in buying several Isolation Chambers?"

The person in front of Shang was a woman with long and beautiful grey hair wearing expensive golden robes. She was an Early Ancestral Mage.

"Correct," Shang answered. "I've had some less-than-savory people skulking around my town, and since I am a follower of the mindfree doctrine, I can't just read their minds. That's why I want a couple of Isolation Chambers."

Reading one's mind was the most intrusive act one could possibly be, and there were several laws for exactly this act.

Depending on the Empire that ruled the land, the laws were a bit different.

In the Lightning Manor's territory, reading someone's mind was prohibited. Of course, the Areas were different since they were isolated.

The mind was something sacred, and if one wanted to read someone else's mind, one would need to get permission from the Lightning Manor, which wasn't easy.

Shang lived in the Twilight Dusk Family's territory, and their rules were a bit different.

The Twilight Dusk Family was more open to reading minds, but they also weren't completely open.

Reading someone's mind was essentially the same as killing someone in the Twilight Dusk Family's territory.

If you had a very good reason and justification for reading someone's mind, it was fine, but just randomly doing it when hiring someone, for example, was a no-go.

Of course, as a Town Lord, Shang couldn't just do whatever he wanted. His town was part of the Twilight Dusk Family, and he had to follow the general laws of the Empire.

If he wanted to kill someone or read someone's mind, he had to have an actual reason.

He couldn't just do it because he wanted to.

about earlier was a specific ideology that followed the Lightning

of the mindfree doctrine believed that minds shouldn't

truly were sketchy people skulking around Shang's town, he couldn't just kill them or read their minds. However, he could keep them in jail for a couple of months

only thing that would allow one

of Shang

completely understand. A big part of our clients also follow the mindfree doctrine, and we're quite thankful," she said as she laughed politely. "After all, we wouldn't

how our

"Vaguely," Shang said.

woman nodded. "Well, let me explain it in more detail. We will be using special materials and Magic Circles to completely isolate someone from the outside world. The

no Mana can enter or exit, and it is impossible to look inside or out. The isolation puts a significant strain on someone's mind, and

person inside the Isolation Chamber will slowly start losing Mana and life energy, which creates an agonizing feeling

it is used, an Isolation Chamber

Chamber for the next couple of

them whole and one more as individual pieces

How strong do you wish

absolutely impossible for an Archmage to escape

should they be? How do you want them to

a couple

nodded and handed over a sheet of paper she had

was the bill with all the

Grade Six

the bill and summoned 25 Grade Six

brightly, created a copy, handed the copy to Shang, and pocketed

Shang led her to his castle, and they entered the

holes and motioned for the

SHING!

appeared inside the hole, and the woman

Magic Circles of the town were shining with complex

an hour, she

that should be it," she said with a smile. "The three Isolation Chambers share the same energy