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.

Defender Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage,

the west, he saw another

Defender Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage, but this one belonged to the

immediately knew what

had conquered

heavily defended by the Lightning Manor. Conquering them had probably cost these two Empires a

the territories, they put two Defender Flags down that

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

put down Peak Ancestral Mage Flags, but

Shang could break through rapidly and

they decided to use

this, Shang couldn't even attack them since he

was impossible for Shang to

only travel to the southwest,

by going there, Shang would be going into enemy

was what they wanted, but not for the

wanted Shang to leave

direction literally didn't

quick Initial Ancestral Mage would probably swoop in and plant their

time, new Defender Flags would appear around Shang's territory,

far enough

Kings would be allowed to

if he retrieved his Defender Flag, he would be encased by Defender

he entered them, he would

past

he waited for an hour, he would die as well

plan and also the reason why Kiran had told Shang to hold his

as Shang's Defender Flag didn't move,

other Empires were blocking all forms of communication. The single communication with Kiran had probably cost the Lightning Manor a ridiculous number of Mana

Shang was alone.

was alone and surrounded by enemies

isolated from

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

to send someone stronger

a person

safe as ever, maybe

was also protected from every powerful

Manor couldn't reach him, and if powerful people of other Empires

a while, Shang sat down in the middle of his

bandages reacting strongly, but he

that he was probably being watched by over 15 Mage

probably all waiting to see if he would fall for

watched Shang for

even though he had obviously realized the severity of his new situation, Shang didn't appear

Several days passed.