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.

win against someone, but it was something completely different to win against them without killing

result in

that the opponent would just kill themselves as soon as they realized that they had lost. At least with such an action, the detonation of their Mana may

a show, Shang would have needed to win in a very controlled manner against his enemy without giving

next?" the Mage King asked the people

there was no

other, deciding on who

the more powerful ones left the weaker

it," a woman with icy-blue hair

over and noticed that the new volunteer looked almost identical

Were they twins?

the pressure she exhibited was just a slight bit stronger

but I don't want you to go like

the Mage King with questioning

piece of paper, which she then

It was a contract.

with," the Mage

it and furrowed

she lost the battle and

contract and summon its power, which would then rapidly disperse her

if all of her powers had been sealed away

that

Mage King wanted to find out if Shang was putting on a show or

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

minutes, it meant that

seconds, the new volunteer signed

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

Shang could feel the Mage King's eyes on him,

and shot

for

last time, he waited until the bandage told him

a threefold Spirit Sense like the last

that his opponent

at his new opponent, and just like last time, he used two Mana Steps

CRACK!

Mana

her the same way he had won against his

had known that Shang actually wasn't a Mage, things might have played out

very quickly, and she would have done her best to constantly widen the distance