Sword God in a World of Magic

Mistra gestured for Shang to come over, and Shang wordlessly walked up to her.

All the warriors with their friends and families were gone, making the previously crowded area seem quite desolate.

"Name?"

"Shang Sword," Shang said.

"You're still using that last name?" Mistra asked with a raised eyebrow.

Obviously, Mistra knew a lot more about Shang than about all the other warriors.

"I didn't have a last name previously. Might as well use it," Shang said evenly.

"Why did you kill one of the Assistant Supervisors from Area 23?" Mistra asked neutrally.

"Personal reasons," Shang answered.

"Those being?" she asked.

"They're not of your concern."

Mistra raised an eyebrow at Shang's very rude tone. "They are of my concern. I need to verify where your loyalties lie."

Shang snorted. "What is loyalty worth when you are one of the nine strongest powers in the world? Even if I wanted to rebel, I would never reach the Eighth Realm without the help of an Empire. So, what's the point?"

Mistra had expected Shang to be a bit different from the other warriors, but she hadn't expected him to be this cold to her.

Wasn't he in the least intimidated by her? If she wanted, she could turn Shang into dust with just her Spirit Sense.

"You've come up with the Impose Stage, a theoretical way to the Sixth Realm and even one to the Seventh Realm, correct?" she asked.

Shang nodded wordlessly.

"Then, what makes you think that you can't create one for the Eight Realm?"

"Creating the Path is not the issue," Shang said.

"Then, what is? Why do you need an Empire?" she asked.

Shang wasn't quite sure why Mistra was asking these questions. "Because I need the required Mana to reach the Eighth Realm."

"Why don't you just absorb the Mana of the world like with any other breakthrough?" Mistra asked.

Shang remained silent for two seconds. "Because there isn't enough Mana."

This time, it was Mistra that snorted. "That's an interesting reason," she said. "You think there's not enough Mana in the world? Have you seen how big it is? How can there not be enough Mana?"

Shang's Spirit Sense inspected Mistra very closely.

She didn't seem to be lying.

see," Shang said. "I'm not in your department,

her brows. "What's that supposed to

not in your

"Says who?" she asked.

are supposed to

and frustrated, but the confusion didn't exactly lie with

what Shang could see, he had probably hit the

supposed to deliver Shang to someone else while all the other warriors

have to deliver you

this topic," Shang said. "I don't want to ruin my

is evaluating your chances with

Shang didn't move.

Silence.

Ten seconds of silence.

Mistra asked. "What's

speak more about that

my questions!"

will answer your questions, but I won't speak more

How does that even make

again, but Shang only kept quiet, not answering any of her

her teeth and actually used her Spirit Sense to put

didn't move at

even shake in the

pressed into the ground by Mistra, but it felt just as calm and

time passed, Mistra started to get

had put so much pressure on Shang, someone two entire Realms below her,

Shang had this extremely desolate and white aura around him. Looking at him was almost like looking at an endless salt

was almost like

before, and together with Shang's lack of eyes,

end, she gave up trying to get any important answers out of him. Even when she had straight-up threatened him, he didn't

Stage, right?" she asked after giving up on

the Peak Fifth Realm, but I'm not at

her brows

does that mean?" she

about

can't you

"Sensitive information," Shang answered.

out of Shang,

what about the Impose Stage? You came up

Shang nodded.

you come

Seeds. Then, he explained how he had come up with the concept of an Impose after analyzing the Wind Blade Seeds and his Mana

you for answering," Mistra said. "What about your Mana Pathways? I can see that you have far more Mana Pathways than everyone else, and

sensitive information,"

warriors and distributing several

the specific way in which I managed to create a Beast Core is related to a sensitive topic. I will tell the person I will be under all about it, and if it is truly within your scope, they will