Sword God in a World of Magic

Several thoughts immediately shot through Shang's mind.

Had the enemy hidden themselves very well from Shang's senses, and they were actually closer?

No, the Starlight Queen would have informed Shang of that. Defenders nearly always stayed in the middle of the barrier, and if that weren't the case, the Starlight Queen would have told him.

Were there some contraptions that enlarged the enemy's Spirit Sense?

No, very unlikely. A Mage Lord couldn't attack from so far away. Seeing an opponent wouldn't make a difference.

Lastly, the sheer intensity of the feeling that the bandages were transmitting to Shang was enormous.

Yet, not even Emperors could look into the barriers. They were specifically designed to isolate all kinds of Spirit Senses.

How intense was the feeling of the bandages?

Very intense.

It felt about as intense as when the Starlight Queen looked at Shang.

Just based on the feeling, Shang knew that this was not someone he could fight against.

This was someone as powerful as a Mage King!

Was this what the enemy had planned?

They had sent a Mage King to kill Shang? But how?!

The barriers would immediately feel the presence of a Mage King and alert the outside while deactivating!

Yet, somehow, the three Empires managed to get a Mage King into this Defender Flag to fight Shang without alerting the Defender Flag.

"You've caused quite a lot of trouble," Shang heard in his mind.

The voice sounded like an old man.

took the pin from the

But it was impossible.

was simply too good at isolating the

giving

the

voice asked. "I don't know how you did it, but I could see

Shang didn't answer.

just for us," the old voice transmitted. "Honestly, if our Empires

can do. Guess I have

still trying to contact the Lightning Emperor with the pin. He even tried to check if the pin had some

was nothing Shang

and based on the power the Mage King was emanating,

was probably a Mage King whose life would soon end due to old

knew

didn't even know

"How?" Shang asked.

"Well, this Defender Flag just so happened

that Defender Flags are made by three Mage Kings from different Empires at once, who have been chosen at random. And for this one, it just so happened

friends did. He told me that he made this Defender Flag in case we need to kill the Lightning

the Mage Kings and Mage Emperors would notice

we only changed

instead of someone's body and mind. Like this, as long as I don't use Mana denser than what an Early Mage Lord can use,

amusement. "You probably think that you only need to force me

had enough of gambling. No, this time, I will attack with my full power, just to

accepted

alert the others outside but not deactivate. So, even if the Lightning Emperor immediately notices it, he can't

I get around two seconds of uninterrupted time with

in a hurry. which

all, as soon as the Mage King attacked,

of this was an issue, it

how many more years the Mage King had left, but it

words?" the