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, and it belonged to the Twilight Dusk

towards the west, he saw

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

knew what had

conquered the territories

by the Lightning Manor. Conquering them had probably cost these two Empires a brutal amount of resources

conquering the territories, they put two Defender Flags

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

have put down Peak Ancestral Mage Flags, but that

could break through

of that, they decided to use Initial

this, Shang couldn't even attack them since he was too

it was impossible for Shang to go to the north, northwest, or

to the southwest, south,

by going there, Shang would be going

was what they wanted, but not for the

the enemy wanted

the direction

his Defender Flag, an extremely quick Initial Ancestral Mage would probably swoop in and plant their Attack

time, new Defender Flags would appear around Shang's territory, barring him from moving literally

to move far enough to plant an Attack

and Mage Kings would be

his Defender Flag, he would be encased by

them, he

past them, he

would die as well since the territory would

the reason why Kiran had told Shang to hold his position, no

Defender Flag didn't move, he could

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

Shang was alone.

alone and surrounded by

from the

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

they would need to send someone stronger than him that

such a

safe as

was also protected

people of other

a while, Shang sat down in the middle

feel his bandages reacting strongly, but he acted

this moment, Shang guessed that he was probably being

all waiting to see if he would fall for

Kings watched

the severity of his new situation, Shang didn't appear nervous or scared

Several days passed.