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.

doctrine that Shang had talked about earlier was a specific

the mindfree doctrine believed that minds shouldn't be read, no matter

Shang's town, he couldn't just kill them or read their minds. However, he could keep them

would

front of Shang was a specialist in one

just smiled. "I 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 be where we are today without our

you know how our Isolation Chambers

"Vaguely," Shang said.

will be using special materials and Magic Circles to completely isolate someone from the outside world. The inside and

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 the lack of new Mana only intensifies

Chamber will slowly start losing Mana and life energy, which creates an agonizing feeling of approaching death. If we

on how it is used, an Isolation Chamber can also help calm someone's

woman explained all the details of the Isolation Chamber for the next couple of minutes,

more as

smile widened. "No problem. How strong do you wish

be absolutely impossible for an Archmage to escape

big should they be?

answered a couple more

and handed over

bill with all the

Six

bill and summoned 25 Grade Six

the copy to Shang, and

led her to his castle, and they entered

huge rectangular holes and motioned for the woman

SHING!

objects appeared inside the hole, and the woman summoned

Magic Circles of the town were shining with complex runes as the

about an hour, she

"The three