[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic":3,"chapter-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-165":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sword God in a World of Magic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1492000,1940,"Chapter 165 The Plan Around The Plan","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-165",165,"\u003Cp>Time slowed to a crawl as the turtle looked upon the distant city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, the turtle was only around 20 kilometers away. Sure, that was a great distance, but it definitely was within the turtle's range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang felt like he had come face to face with death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could he do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the entire day up to now, Shang couldn't do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything surrounding him at this moment was far above his power. He could, at best, be an observer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even the most random soldier decided to kill Shang, there would be nothing he could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Shang felt powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His life lay in the hands of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, several holes opened on the mountain on the turtle's back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They pointed towards Warrior's Paradise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang felt his hair stand on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An explosion occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it wasn't within Warrior's Paradise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it came from the turtle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's eyes widened in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had he just seen?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of nowhere, a huge part of the turtle's mountain was literally blown off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The turtle's body swayed to the side as a deep, rumbling growl came out of its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the turtle had just been hit by a gigantic bullet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tons and tons of stone fell off the turtle's back, and blood began to flow out of the mountain waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost like a volcano had erupted, but instead of lava, it was spewing blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pᴀɴdᴀ nᴏveʟ Shang looked at the other Mages to see what they thought of what had just happened. Most Mages were just as shocked as Shang, but the green-robed and the grey-robed Mages only smirked as they looked at the turtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy would have planned for everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the enemy had still been caught off guard as the traitorous Wind Mages had been revealed, which meant that they had not planned around that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, more precisely, the enemy of the enemy had planned around that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang didn't know how these complex Magic Circles worked, but he guessed that creating a Magic Circle to find out who supplied faulty Wind Mana probably needed preparation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant that Duke Whirlwind's people had been prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if they had been prepared, it meant that they had probably been prepared for everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy had launched an attack on Warrior's Paradise, but Duke Whirlwind had planned around the attack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if they simply stopped the attack, it wouldn't be enough. They also had to gain something out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they acted like they had fallen into the trap to lure out the traitors. Now, they had killed four traitors and had two more in custody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had made their gains, which meant that the façade could end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could finally deal with the turtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what did they use to deal with the turtle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Exploding Mountain Turtle had to take several booming steps to the side to regain its balance after such a huge part of its body had been blasted off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that time, an inconspicuous speck in the distance slowly landed on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a man with long green hair, Wind Mana storming around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Duke Whirlwind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind glared at the turtle as he extended his left arm forward. \"You better not have killed my friend,\" he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a black speck shot out of a dust cloud and fled to the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Dean!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, nearly half of the Dean's body was destroyed, and his spear was carrying him to the distance since he couldn't run on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind saw him and smiled a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he looked back at the turtle. \"Seems like your death will be swift, after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the turtle had recovered, and it glared at Duke Whirlwind from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over ten holes opened up on its mountain, and in an instant, over ten gigantic rocks were shot out of its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLINK! CLINK! CLINK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind waved his left arm around. With each wave, it was like he was batting away the stones with a gigantic, illusory hand. In the end, all of the stones had missed Duke Whirlwind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trying to fight against a Mage in ranged combat,\" Duke Whirlwind ridiculed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind slowly walked forward as something appeared in his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a perfectly cut crystal with several emerald circlets revolving around it. In total, there were four emerald circlets around the crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's using his Focus,\" Yiral said from beside Shang. He knew that Shang couldn't see it from this distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many rings does it have?\" Shang asked. By now, Shang had learned what a Focus was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four,\" Yiral said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang took a deep breath. \"Just as I've expected, Duke Whirlwind isn't just an ordinary High Mage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was a Focus?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Focus was the primary weapon of a Mage. Not only did it allow the Mage to cast several spells, but the Focus also gathered Mana from the surroundings to further strengthen any spells it cast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Focuses were the most expensive equipment Mages had to buy in their lives, consuming most of their wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The circlets described how powerful the Focus was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A High Mage could only use a Focus with up to four circlets, but that didn't mean that every High Mage had one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the price of the Focuses, buying a Focus with four circlets required the High Mage to have killed and sold at least 20 True Path beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, the crystal in the center could also be of different qualities, increasing the price even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the Focus Duke Whirlwind was using, Shang didn't think that he was just an ordinary High Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind was probably, at least, in the Mid High Mage Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Exploding Mountain Turtle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was in the Early True Path Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Exploding Mountain Turtle continued bombarding Duke Whirlwind with stones as it slowly walked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind kept using his Wind Mana to deflect the stones to the side as he slowly advanced, Focus in his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just two seconds later, the Focus began to shine with a green light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The turtle's mountain exploded, the top half shooting into the distance as rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Exploding Mountain Turtle released a painful and intimidating shout, but it didn't help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another explosion occurred a second later, and a gigantic chunk of the turtle's left half was destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force that hit the turtle flipped it over, creating a quake in the Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Duke Whirlwind didn't immediately unleash his next spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he still spoke Incantations at ridiculous speeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And five seconds later, he was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind held his Focus high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a distance, Shang only saw the air between Duke Whirlwind and the Exploding Mountain Turtle vibrate and distort as the sound of grinding metal and stone echoed throughout the horizons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang saw the turtle separate into two pieces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clean cut went through the entire turtle's body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its organs were flowing out of its body as blood filled the Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Exploding Mountain Turtle became quieter and quieter until it eventually stopped making sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind put his Focus away, summoned a handkerchief, and cleaned his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that's that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1235,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","ed918dc904cf78034fa7aac6253a242da3f2cfd165fe40f922b6d956d444f322","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-166","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-164",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]