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.

Initial Ancestral Mage, and it belonged to

Shang curved towards the

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

knew what had

two Empires had conquered the territories behind

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

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

Mages, even though a big part of it had been captured by the two other

Ancestral Mage Flags, but that would

if Shang could break through rapidly

that, they decided to

even attack

was impossible for Shang to go to the north,

only travel to the southwest, south,

by going there, Shang would

what they wanted, but not for the reason

knew that the enemy wanted Shang to leave

the direction literally didn't

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

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

far enough to

Kings would be

he would be encased by

them, he

he flew past

waited for an hour, he would die as well

why Kiran had told Shang to hold his position,

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

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

Shang was alone.

alone and surrounded by enemies

isolated from

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

they would need to

such a person

felt just as safe as ever, maybe

was also protected from every powerful

reach him, and if powerful people of

while, Shang sat down in the middle of his

strongly, but

that he was probably being

were probably all waiting to see if

Mage Kings watched Shang for

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

Several days passed.