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, and it belonged to the Twilight

the west, he

Mage, but this one belonged to

immediately knew

conquered the

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

put two Defender Flags down that made it

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

put down Peak Ancestral Mage

Shang could break through rapidly

to use

Shang couldn't even attack them since he was

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

travel to the southwest, south, southeast,

would be going

that was what they wanted, but not for the

wanted Shang to leave his

the direction

Initial Ancestral Mage would probably swoop

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

move far enough to plant an Attack Flag into enemy

and Mage Kings would be allowed to kill

Flag, he would be

them,

past

if he waited for an hour, he would die as well since the territory would

was their plan and also the reason why Kiran

Flag didn't move, he

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

was isolated from the

How did Shang feel?

He didn't care.

to kill him, they would need to send

such a person

safe as ever, maybe

this place, he was also protected from every

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

down in the middle of his

feel his bandages reacting strongly, but he acted like

he was probably being watched by over 15 Mage

see

Mage Kings watched

of his

Several days passed.