Sword God in a World of Magic

Several days passed.

Shang exited his inner world and killed the bird watcher.

After a couple of seconds, the barrier turned transparent again, and Shang waited in the middle.

As always, Shang looked calm and emotionless.

And then, he waited for his opponent.

Silence.

The barrier didn't become cloudy, which meant that no one had entered the barrier.

Some seconds later, Shang's Communication Crystal rang.

"Hold your position! No matter what!" came an urgent but unknown voice.

However, based on the aura Shang had felt, he knew exactly who had just spoken.

Kiran, the Catastrophe King.

Before Shang could answer, the Communication Crystal became silent.

Shang tried to contact some people of the Lightning Manor, but his Communication Crystal couldn't reach anyone.

He was isolated.

Shang moved to the edge of his territory without retrieving the flag to look out of the transparent barrier with his Spirit Sense.

At the southeastern end, there was nothing too surprising.

It was just the start of the Judgment Palace Empire.

There were no powerful Mages that Shang could see.

Then, Shang went to the southern end.

There was the Land and Sky Empire.

There was also no one there.

After that, Shang went to the east.

There was the Twilight Dusk Empire.

No noteworthy Mages present.

And when Shang reached the north, he realized what had happened.

To the north of Shang's barrier, he saw a different barrier.

a Defender Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage,

towards the west, he saw another

an Initial Ancestral Mage, but this one belonged to the Land and Sky

immediately knew

Empires had conquered the territories

defended by the Lightning Manor. Conquering them had probably

two Defender Flags down that

even though a big part of it had been captured by the two other

could have put down Peak Ancestral Mage Flags, but that would be

Shang could break through rapidly and

that, they decided to

Shang couldn't even attack them

meant that it was impossible for Shang to go to the north,

the southwest, south, southeast, east, and

Shang would be going

but not for the reason one

that the enemy wanted Shang to

direction literally didn't

Defender Flag, an extremely quick Initial Ancestral Mage would probably

new Defender Flags would appear around Shang's territory, barring him

enough to plant an Attack Flag

and Mage Kings would be allowed to

would be encased by Defender Flags he

he entered them,

flew past them,

an hour, he would die as well since the territory would

reason why Kiran

Shang's Defender Flag didn't move,

communication. The single communication with Kiran had probably cost the Lightning Manor a ridiculous number of Mana Crystals, and Kiran

Shang was alone.

alone and surrounded by enemies

from

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

to kill him, they would need to send someone stronger than him

a person

as safe as

he was also protected from every powerful

from the Lightning Manor couldn't reach him, and if powerful people of other Empires entered

down in the middle of his

his bandages reacting strongly, but

guessed that he was probably being watched by

see

Mage Kings watched

even though he had obviously realized the severity of his new situation, Shang

Several days passed.