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,

Shang curved towards the west,

Mage, but this one belonged to

immediately knew

two Empires had conquered the territories behind

defended by the Lightning Manor. Conquering them had probably cost these

after conquering the territories, they put two Defender Flags down that made it impossible for Shang

Ancestral Mages, even though a big part of it

put down Peak Ancestral Mage Flags, but that

if Shang could break through rapidly and

to

couldn't even attack

for Shang to go to

only travel to the

there, Shang would be

what they wanted, but not for the reason one

wanted

fact, the direction literally

Ancestral Mage would probably swoop in and plant

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

to move far enough

and Mage Kings would be allowed to kill

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

them, he

past

an hour, he would die as well since the territory

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

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

Empires were blocking all forms of 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 the entire

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

to send someone stronger than him that

a person didn't

safe as

also protected from

the Lightning Manor couldn't reach him, and if powerful people of other Empires entered here, they would be

a while, Shang sat down in the middle of his

bandages reacting strongly, but he acted like he

was

see if he would fall

Kings watched Shang

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

Several days passed.