Sword God in a World of Magic

After obliterating the second two-star Defender Flag, Shang strategically placed an attack flag, causing hesitation among potential attackers.

The Judgment Palace foresaw the upcoming challenges as they couldn't ensure the integrity of their long defense line.

The longer the line was disconnected from the Judgment Palace, the harder it became to deploy new Archmages.

If the Empress of Death had terminated her contract, the Judgment Palace could have traveled freely through the Land and Sky Empire.

Unfortunately, that was merely a possibility at the moment. Acting swiftly, the Mage King from the Judgment Palace deployed several attack flags in the north of the Land and Sky Empire within minutes.

While the Land and Sky Empire wasn't pleased with this development, they recognized the need to widen their defense line by at least three territories.

This strategy allowed the Judgment Palace to have one territory attacked by Shang, one territory attacked by themselves after Shang's conquest, and one territory left unscathed, providing a pathway for their forces.

However, due to the territorial allocation for Mage Lords, each territory was a massive 100,000 kilometers wide.

Given Shang's ability to attack any part of the line, the entire defense had to be three territories thick.

Consequently, the Land and Sky Empire sacrificed a significant portion of their empire, one million kilometers long and 300,000 kilometers wide, to fortify the Judgment Palace's line.

After the disappearance of Shang's attack flag, he noticed numerous impending attack flags around him, but he refrained from getting involved since they didn't directly concern the Lightning Manor.

The Starlight Queen informed Shang about the developments, to which he nodded in understanding.

Eventually, all the attack flags manifested, creating a formidable and expansive line for the Judgment Palace.

the territory south of his current location, resulting in the immediate appearance of a Defender Flag on

as both the Judgment Palace and the

this particular spot four territories wide. This allowed the Judgment Palace to continue their offensive, forcing the Lightning Manor to allocate their Defender Flag there, thus

empires took notice of this strategy

approach, the defense line would reach

Land and Sky Empire could simply reconquer the territories Shang had attacked

her contract,

eliminate

and Sky Empire and the Judgment

couldn't reclaim their territories for the time

Flags simultaneously, compelling the Judgment Palace to further expand

line extended to a length of one million kilometers

using three Defender Flags at once, but this strained their

the line grew to a staggering one million kilometers long and 600,000 kilometers wide, no longer resembling

ceased to shift rapidly, leading to a period

one territory

the recently conquered territories, which was precisely what Shang

defense over offense, allowing the defender nearly an hour to select the appropriate

the most powerful being

Palace needed to reclaim a territory, the Lightning Manor could observe the attacker and deploy someone with an advantage against

flawless victory, it significantly increased the Lightning Manor's success rate to around 70%. Essentially, the Lightning Manor traded one of their Mage Lords for three Mage

continued for ten

this time, the Judgment Palace likely lost over a thousand Mage Lords, roughly 10% of their