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.

was one thing to win against someone, but it was something completely different to

could result

just kill themselves as soon as they realized that they

put on a show, Shang would have needed to win in a very controlled manner against his enemy without giving them a chance to kill

next?" the Mage King asked the

there was no immediate

were talking with each other, deciding on

ones left the weaker ones the

a woman with icy-blue

noticed that the new volunteer

Were they twins?

had a threefold Spirit Sense, but the pressure she exhibited was just a slight bit

I don't want you to go like this," the Mage

looked over at the Mage

King summoned a piece of paper, which she then

It was a contract.

not being played with," the Mage King said as

it

and five minutes had passed, she would have to

to interface with the contract and summon its power, which would then rapidly disperse her

if all of her

purpose of that contract was

find out if

for another five or more hours, it meant that Shang wasn't

five minutes, it meant that Shang had been putting on a show

signed the contract and gave

the Mage King said,

feel the Mage King's eyes on him, thanks to his bandage, but

and shot into the barrier, which

waited for his

waited until the bandage told him that he was

opponent had a

opponent

new opponent, and just like last time, he used two Mana Steps and the corridor

CRACK!

Mana Shield

against her the same way he had won against his

that Shang actually wasn't a Mage, things might

very quickly, and she would have done her