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.

Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage, and it belonged

Shang curved towards the west, he

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

immediately knew

had conquered

them had probably cost these two Empires a brutal amount of resources and

Defender Flags down

though a big part of it

down Peak Ancestral

break through rapidly and destroy

decided to

attack them since he was

for Shang to go to the north, northwest,

could only travel to the southwest, south,

by going there, Shang would

wanted, but not for the

knew that the enemy wanted

fact, the direction

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

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

move far enough

further, and Mage Kings would

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

he entered them, he would

flew past them, he

an hour, he would die as well since the

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

Shang's Defender Flag didn't

of communication. The single communication with Kiran had probably cost the Lightning Manor a ridiculous number of Mana Crystals, and Kiran had only been able to say two

Shang was alone.

and surrounded by enemies on all

isolated from

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

him, they would need to send someone stronger than

such a

safe as ever, maybe even

this place, he was also protected

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

down in

reacting strongly, but he acted like he didn't

that he was probably being watched by over 15

to see if he

Kings watched Shang for several

had obviously realized the severity of his new situation, Shang

Several days passed.