Sword God in a World of Magic

The war continued, but Shang was nowhere to be seen.

The Mage Kings knew that they hadn't killed Shang, but they knew that they had permanently crippled him. They didn't know how exactly they had crippled him, but all three Mage Emperors had confirmed that the Lightning Emperor had been truthful.

Maybe it was whatever allowed him to survive until the Lightning Emperor appeared?

The warrior had managed to survive for nearly two full seconds under the assault of a Peak Mage King.

Something like that was way too powerful for someone in the Early Seventh Realm.

The Lightning Emperor had probably given the warrior something that could defend him from a Mage King, but it couldn't be that powerful.

Even if a child had a gun, it would still need to hit the attacking eagle with it.

A warrior in the Early Seventh Realm couldn't be fast enough to hit someone like a Peak Mage King.

Even more, the amount of Mana had to be limited. In two seconds, a Peak Mage King could kill a Peak Mage Emperor if they just stood still and didn't move.

This meant that the warrior must have used something that allowed him to survive for a couple of milliseconds longer.

Naturally, the warrior couldn't have killed the Mage King.

Obviously, the Mage King had died to the Lightning Emperor's lightning.

But he still managed to survive against a Peak Mage King for a while.

Had the Lightning Manor developed some kind of secret technique that could exchange health for defense?

They weren't sure, but that also wasn't as important.

The important thing was that the menace most likely wouldn't appear for the foreseeable future.

Nevertheless, the Empires were still careful.

In the beginning, they avoided using Early and Mid Mage Lords, but after a century, they used a couple of them.

Shang didn't appear.

a couple more

then, something strange

to build an Empire-wide

Mage Emperors demanded an explanation since this could violate the rules of the

at all and that it wouldn't even touch or interact with the barriers, flags, soldiers,

couple of years, the Magic

Circles that were scattered across the

Empires had no idea

the Emperors took a look at it, they also couldn't tell. It was written in a completely different form of Magic, which they confirmed to be the Lightning

time, they could completely redesign the way they interacted

allowed someone to streamline the processes of how Magic worked

to Shang creating his own Mana Pathways instead of using the ones that had been built

Emperors knew that they would need a long time to understand the Magic Circles, and without knowing if it was even worth it or not, they didn't waste their

they would find out

Catastrophe King appeared on the frontlines of the Lightning

to getting rid of the Abominations inside the

on the frontlines meant that the Lightning Manor

other Empires continued pressuring the Lightning Manor, but they didn't

here, the Lightning Manor would lose many of their towns and cities, destroying their infrastructure and making it more difficult for Mage Lords

all, the Abominations wouldn't

a lot, and the other Empires

Manor was obviously overextending and fighting in an unsustainable way. As long as they waited, the Lightning Manor would

Another century passed.

Manor was still

500 years passed.

his huge Magic Circle, and the other Emperors

Another 500 years passed.

had

was the Lightning Manor

should have caused devastating damage to

already starting to have

King of every Empire was on constant duty to supervise the Empire for the Abomination Lords. As soon as one of them appeared, the Mage King immediately needed to summon portals

couldn't even waste a