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.

it was something completely different

result in a

of that, chances were high that the opponent would just kill themselves as soon as they realized that they had

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

next?" the Mage King asked the people behind

there was no

were talking with each other, deciding on

the more powerful ones left

a woman with icy-blue hair

that the new volunteer looked almost identical to the

Were they twins?

but the pressure she exhibited was just a slight bit stronger than the

you to go like this," the Mage King

over at the Mage King

summoned a piece of paper, which she

It was a contract.

the Mage King said as the contract floated over

read through it

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

with the contract and summon its power, which would then rapidly

life, even if all of her powers had been sealed away by

purpose of that contract

wanted to find out if Shang was

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

five minutes, it meant that Shang had been

volunteer signed the contract

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

the Mage King's eyes on him, thanks to his bandage, but he didn't let

and shot into the barrier,

for

last time, he waited until the

opponent had a threefold Spirit

meant that his opponent had bought his

just like last time, he used two

CRACK!

opponent's Mana Shield

way he had won against his last

wasn't a Mage, things might

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