Sword God in a World of Magic

"We require your help, Young Master Shang."

Shang had just left his Isolation Chamber after 150 years when he immediately got contacted by Amarius.

"Yes?" Shang asked.

"This time, we need you somewhere else," Amarius said. "Please, leave the Isolation Barrier so that the Custodian can contact you."

"Sure," Shang said before cutting the connection and leaving the Isolation Barrier.

Some seconds later, the Custodian contacted him.

"What do you need?" Shang asked.

"I need you for the Mage Lord battlefield," the Custodian said.

"That's a first," Shang said.

"The Twilight Dusk Empire has started to ramp up their pressure in the Mage Lord battlefield recently," the Custodian explained. "I believe that the Twilight Dusk Emperor managed to get rid of the suppressive effects of the contract first."

"The contract is supposed to enforce that Archmages and Ancestral Mages are the most important in the war. That means that planning on taking over an enemy territory via only the Mage Lord territory wouldn't be in the spirit of the war."

"But with the restriction gone, the Twilight Dusk Family is going all out, sending out one Mage Lord after the other."

"At the same time, there have been instances of Initial Mage Lords purposefully falling back to the Peak Ancestral Mage Realm to fight in the Ancestral Mage Realm Zones."

"Reaching the Initial Mage Lord Realm at 2,000 years of age, comprehending Concepts for another 2,000 years with the mental strength of a Mage Lord, and then falling back down to fight for 1,000 years as a Peak or Late Ancestral Mage is a tactic that is obviously not in the spirit of the war."

"But they are doing that anyway."

"Additionally, we have found that some Ancestral Mages and Mage Lords are using tools created by several other Ancestral Mages and Mage Lords to gain an unfair advantage in battles."

"In short, the Twilight Dusk Family is putting an immense amount of pressure on us, and we can't use the same tactics since we are still suppressed by the contract," the Custodian said.

"Seems problematic," Shang answered evenly.

need you to destroy the one-star Defender Flag for the Mage Lord Realm of the Twilight Dusk Empire. It's defended by a very powerful Initial Mage Lord with a fourfold Spirit Sense, and

a Mage Lord with a fourfold Spirit Sense would be

dealing with such an opponent?" the Custodian

"No problem," Shang said.

the Custodian quite a

was a level jump that also included a Realm jump. There were many disadvantages that came with that,

stupid, and he should know

he was

Custodian said. "Thank you for your service. Are you ready

Shang nodded.

in front of

the enemy barrier,

Mage Kings

the menace just charge

know how brutally

the enemy Mage Kings

He was finally dead!

couldn't possibly

defender of this flag didn't

the barrier, Shang

could attack and defend was far bigger than an Ancestral

only claim and defend a territory with a

hand, could claim and defend

a radius of 50,000 kilometers, and the Spirit Sense of a Mage Lord with a fourfold Spirit Sense was 40,000 kilometers. This

And Shang?

With his 3,000 kilometers?

Not much.

been a problem in Shang's previous fights since the opponents in the Seventh Realm

But this one?

Shang would need to

more, Shang was actually in even more danger than one would

remember that if any fight continued for over

Mage Lord were willing to flee from Shang for an entire

since he could always see them, but a Mage Lord