Sword God in a World of Magic

Five hours later, Shang returned to the real world and focused on the confused woman wandering around his territory.

The last time, he had waited a week to waste as much time as possible.

But this time, waiting for an entire week wouldn't be the optimal course of action.

Last time, it was obvious that Shang would be superior to his enemy, but this time, he had fought against quite a strong Mage.

Waiting an entire week would unveil Shang's power as a Cloud to everyone.

There was still a high likelihood that Shang was only a Boltling.

The Lightning Manor could use him to lure out an enemy with a fourfold Spirit Sense and then directly attack that person with the strongest Cloud they had, killing one of the most talented Mages in the Judgment Palace.

For such a plan to work, Shang needed to be quite a strong Boltling.

Really brutal fights between even Mages on such a level could take up to twelve hours, but Shang decided to end the fight after five.

He didn't want it to appear too close.

Shang moved into the sky and spoke several complex words.

Whooom!

A Mana Shield appeared around him.

The next moment, Shang threw a big part of the Mana inside his mind away.

And then, he cast a Fire Spell, which killed the confused woman.

The cloudy barrier became transparent again, and the enemy Mage King looked at the distant Shang.

She could see that he was rapidly absorbing Mana, and with her very experienced eyes, she could also see that Shang wasn't even close to having a full tank of Mana right now.

Everything seemed like the fight had been relatively close.

Naturally, she was still skeptical.

Shang could be putting on a show.

However, the chances of that were low.

against someone, but it was something completely different to

could result in

chances were high that the opponent would just kill themselves as soon as they realized that they had lost. At

would have needed to win in a very controlled manner against his

next?" the Mage King asked the people

time, there was

talking with each other, deciding

left the

woman

noticed that the new volunteer looked almost identical to the

Were they twins?

new volunteer also had a threefold Spirit Sense, but the pressure she exhibited was just

want you to go like

at the Mage

a piece of paper,

It was a contract.

sure that we are not being played with," the Mage King said as the contract floated over to the

volunteer read through it and furrowed her

contract stated that if she lost the battle and five minutes had passed,

contract and summon

if all of her powers

that contract

if

another five or more hours, it meant that Shang wasn't putting on a

if the fight ended within five minutes, it meant that Shang had been putting on a show all

some seconds, the new volunteer signed the contract and

go. Good luck," the Mage King said, looking

him, thanks

the sky and shot into the barrier, which

waited for his

the bandage

a threefold Spirit Sense like the last

opponent had bought his

just like last time, he used two Mana Steps

CRACK!

opponent's Mana Shield

had won against her the same way he had won against his last

his opponent had known that Shang actually wasn't

to get close to her very quickly, and she would have