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.

was a Defender Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage,

curved towards the west, he saw

for an Initial Ancestral Mage, but this one

immediately knew what

had conquered the territories

Conquering them had probably cost these

Defender Flags down that made it impossible for Shang to

still assigned to Ancestral Mages, even though a big part of it

put down Peak Ancestral Mage Flags,

break through rapidly and

to use Initial Ancestral Mage

attack them since he

impossible for Shang to

could only travel to the southwest, south, southeast, east,

by going there, Shang would be going

was what they wanted, but not for the reason one might

knew that the enemy wanted

fact, the direction

Shang would lift his Defender Flag, an extremely quick Initial Ancestral Mage would probably swoop in

would appear around Shang's territory, barring him from moving literally

was only allowed to move far enough to plant an Attack

Kings would be allowed

he would be encased by Defender Flags he couldn't

entered them, he would

he flew past them, he

he waited for an hour, he would die as well since

was their plan and also the reason why Kiran had told Shang to hold his position, no matter

as Shang's Defender Flag didn't move, he could

were blocking all forms of communication. The single communication with Kiran had probably cost the

Shang was alone.

was alone and surrounded by enemies

from the

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

to kill him, they would need to

such a person

felt just as safe as ever, maybe even

he was also protected

from the Lightning Manor couldn't reach him, and if powerful people

in

bandages reacting strongly, but he acted like

guessed that he was

see

watched Shang for several

obviously realized the severity of his new situation, Shang didn't

Several days passed.