[{"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-381":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},1492266,1940,"Chapter 381 – Terrifying Message","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-381",381,"\u003Cp>When Kiva heard these words, his body became filled with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t known who Shang was earlier, but now, he knew who stood in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiva’s insides shook, but he did his best to hide it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then you should know how stupid it would be to kill me,” Kiva said with a calm voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang only smirked and looked into his eyes. “Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know who I am, and you know how much my life is worth,” Kiva said. “Killing me would bring you nothing but momentary satisfaction while keeping me as a hostage gives you monetary satisfaction. One is worth more than the other.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should know how expensive it is to become more powerful. Don’t throw millions of gold out of the window just because you feel like it,” Kiva said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang nodded along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yep, Kiva Orvis was probably worth over 50 million gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know, you would have a point in other circumstances,” Shang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiva’s insides tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, you tried to kill me back then, Duke Mithril has put a bounty of 20 million golds on my head after that, and you are actively killing the warriors,” Shang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why would you care about the people I’ve killed?” Kiva asked with narrowed eyes. “You’ve probably killed just as many people as me. I refuse to believe that all the people you’ve killed are deserving of their death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple of instances of Shang killing someone innocent shot through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right,” Shang said. “I wouldn’t care as much about the warriors under normal circumstances. Sure, I feel some kinship with them, but not enough to risk my life for them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, this is not a normal circumstance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me just say that someone I don’t want to anger is invested in the warriors’ survival.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang’s smirk widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, Duke Mithril, as well as his people, are my enemy, and I don’t like to keep my enemies alive just for some money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Additionally, you’ve seen my face, and I want to keep my return a secret for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiva wanted to negotiate some more, but he quickly felt himself being pulled away as Shang ran off with him. Of course, Shang pocketed the corpses and their belongings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wh-what are you doing?!” Kiva shouted in Shang’s grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know, I don’t like lying,” Shang said with a neutral voice. “I need to send Duke Mithril a message, and the message needs to be authentic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiva wasn’t sure what Shang meant, but his fear increased more and more as time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang charged into the swamp with Kiva Orvis and quickly searched for a good place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just a minute later, Shang found a suitable place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between a couple of half-dead trees, Shang saw a gigantic millipede oozing poison. A terrifying poison swamp had already formed around it, which released a sizzling noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The millipede looked over and saw Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang only narrowed his right eye and looked at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the millipede dove into the swamp and fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an Initial Commander Stage Swamp Millipede, and this was its nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Shang stopped right beside the poison swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do try not to drink everything at once, alright?” Shang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Kiva Orvis’ world broke down, and his being was consumed by fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, please-“\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang shoved him into the poison swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SSSSSSSS!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which immediately began to sizzle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang felt a burning sensation on his hand, but it wasn’t a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiva kept violently thrashing around below the surface as Shang’s hand kept his body underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swamp had turned silent, except for the sounds of violent splashing coming from this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, Kiva’s hands and feet broke the surface, but they looked worse and worse as the seconds ticked by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Kiva’s skinless right hand fell off as he tried his best to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For 30 full seconds, Shang kept Kiva’s body in the poison swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang used his Darkness Mana to see if there was any life energy left in Kiva’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang pulled him out and looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half his legs were gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right arm was missing at the middle of the forearm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skin of his entire body had burned off, and even a huge part of his flesh was missing. Obviously, his organs were also severely injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiva’s face basically didn’t exist anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes and nose were gone, just like his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison to Kiva Orvis’ corpse, Shang’s hand had only reddened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang saw him, he was surprised by what he was feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t feel regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t feel satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just felt nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like this was nothing special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like this was normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Seems like I’ve truly gotten used to these kinds of things,’ Shang thought as he looked at the ravaged corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Anyway, I should get onto delivering the message to Duke Mithril.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang put Kiva’s corpse into his inner world and ran towards the north. This time, he didn’t need to run slowly to lure out his enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang ran towards the north, he retrieved a black mask from his inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the same mask he had worn when he had acted as Zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he put it on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fighting the Mages and Kiva Orvis, Shang changed his plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of openly striding into the warrior’s academy and getting spotted, he decided that he would lay low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If no one knew that he was here, no one could watch him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would make it far easier to ruin Duke Mithril’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if one didn’t know what one was fighting against, one wouldn’t be able to prepare oneself adequately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes later, Shang arrived at the border between the Empress Cobra Zone and the Adamantite Behemoth Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was currently night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang scouted the surroundings and made sure that nobody was around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, no sane person traveled through the Empress Cobra Zone during the night unless they were at the Late General Stage or higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Cobra Zone was deadly during the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang saw that no one was around, he summoned a couple of sticks he had picked up on his way here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he went to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took a couple of minutes, but Shang eventually managed to recreate the image in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lastly, Shang positioned everything how he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minute later, Shang looked at his creation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three headless corpses of the Mages were lying on the ground. Behind them, where their heads were supposed to be, Shang had stabbed one stake each into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on top of the stakes were their heads, their gazes focused on Duke Mithril’s castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Shang wanted the corpses to hold the stakes, but it proved to be quite difficult to make corpses stand up without collapsing. So, he scrapped that idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, behind the stakes was one more stake, far bigger than the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a tree, it continued for around two meters, which was where Kiva’s ravaged corpse hung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One additional stick was placed horizontally to spread Kiva’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Shang had crucified Kiva’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lastly, Shang took out a couple of Space Rings and three Foci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he placed them near the corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of their belongings were in there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Literally nothing was missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a message, and it conveyed three things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, that someone hated Duke Mithril.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, that the person sending the message was very powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third, that the person wasn’t interested in wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person was only interested in Duke Mithril’s death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why Shang had left the Space Rings here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I don’t need money,’ Shang thought. ‘On my journey, I have killed so many beasts and Mages. I probably have over 200 million gold in my inner world, and even if I need more, I have plenty of ways to get more.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang glanced at Duke Mithril’s castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is worth far more than a couple million gold.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Let’s hope you don’t start panicking and do something reckless as your territory crumbles around you.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Fear of the unknown is a terrifying thing, and it makes smart people do stupid things. The attack against the warriors is a prime example.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Duke Mithril, you might not fear me today, but the terror of this message will only intensify as more and more things go wrong for you.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Let’s have a good, clean match, okay?’\u003C\u002Fp>",1426,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","1f2fcac57e9743e56b156587a2c9da59a3096344ae8a52f4b7bd73534116d8be","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-382","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-380",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]