[{"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-527":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},1492462,1940,"Chapter 527  527 – Cleansing","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-527",527,"\u003Cp>Professor Callen first performed a couple of tests to see how good Shang's spellcasting was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't be that bad, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was, in fact, that bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Callen had expected that even warriors knew the basics at least, but he was mistaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's spellcasting ability could dominate a Mid Apprentice, but a Peak Apprentice would easily outclass him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Callen only took a deep breath and slowly released it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would be a lot of work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Shang was learning under Callen, Jerald returned from the western Skythunder Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>90% of the citizens had evacuated, while the remaining 10% had decided to stay. They refused to believe that the Magic Purity Kingdom would kill them. After all, they were just normal citizens, apprentices, and a couple of Adepts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a couple of days, nothing happened. After all, the Magic Purity Kingdom didn't expect the western front to be completely without any defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days after Jerald left, one of the frontlines of the Magic Purity Kingdom attacked the border of the Skythunder Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, there was nothing to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only saw empty walls and buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attacking force immediately grew suspicious and prepared for an ambush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, the force sent out a couple of True Mages to scout the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, the Mages didn't face any resistance, and they were even welcomed by several villagers throwing themselves before the Mages' feet in obedience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Mages decided to read the minds of a random villager, and what he saw shocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Skythunder Kingdom gave up nearly 50% of its land?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the Mage found out, he informed his superior, who informed his superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple of hours later, several groups of True Mages entered the western Skythunder Kingdom via several borders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't face any resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Mages split up and read the minds of random people scattered all over multiple Zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the Skythunder Kingdom had retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was something even more interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magic Purity Kingdom finally knew about the civil war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, everything suddenly made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Skythunder Kingdom had been weakened to a ridiculous degree, and they couldn't possibly defend such a large area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaders of the Magic Purity Kingdom were informed, and several orders were given.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magic Purity Kingdom would annex all of the abandoned land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the order was given, the True Mages retreated back to the Magic Purity Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This confused the few remaining citizens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't the Magic Purity Kingdom annexing them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did they leave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a group of High Mages entered the western Skythunder Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They split up, and one of the High Mages appeared in front of a large city that was mostly empty. There were only a couple of citizens left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few citizens looked at the old Mage with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would this be the new ruler of the city?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Mage's Spirit Sense inspected the entire city and all the people within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the High Mage snorted and lifted his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Mage used his Concept and burned the entire city to the ground in a storm of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the citizens survived for more than three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a minute later, the fire vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only ash, coal, and burned rubble remained of the previous city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dirty bastards,\" the Mage said as he spat to the side. \"You think you can join our holy empire with these dirty hands of yours? What audacity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powerful Mages of the Magic Purity Kingdom called every Mage and citizen of other Kingdoms bastards. After all, just like bastards, they were a mix of two things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They appreciated Magic, but they also decided to accept these stupid, primal, and disgusting warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People like that didn't deserve to live!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the Magic Purity Kingdom, these citizens and Mages weren't any better than the scum that kept calling themselves warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the High Mage finished razing the first city, he thoroughly searched the entire Zone for any survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't allow any bastard or scum to survive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today would be a day of genocide and horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next several hours, over ten Zones were thoroughly cleansed of any human life that didn't belong to the Magic Purity Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And within the day, the entire western Skythunder Zone had been cleansed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single citizen, without exception, had been killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn't even a single survivor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though not many citizens had remained, there had still been over 20,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next couple of days, the Magic Purity Kingdom set up new borders and defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The western Skythunder Kingdom was no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was the western Magic Purity Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Magic Purity Kingdom owned around 50% of Area 23. It owned a huge chunk in the middle, which stretched all the way to the western border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Kingdoms now assumed the shape of a half circle going around the central part of the Magic Purity Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grandmountain Kingdom and Blackshadow Kingdom have shrunken significantly, taking up the northern 15%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit Spring Kingdom in the east took up 15% of the land, and the Skythunder Kingdom in the south took up 20% of the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magic Purity Kingdom was as big as never before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just 50 years ago, they had been fighting the Skythunder Kingdom equally, but now, they were the strongest Kingdom by far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All because of the Star Map that had been introduced to Area 23 around 50 years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the Magic Purity Kingdom would take over the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, it had to consolidate its new land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Citizens had to be migrated, infrastructure had to be built, the Zones had to be transformed, and many other things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next six months, the Magic Purity Kingdom would focus on its new land, but after that, it would destroy the Skythunder Kingdom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, that was the plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, things often didn't go as planned.\u003C\u002Fp>",1008,"2026-06-06T04:07:15.357Z",1,"novelbin.me","1ff52ccc91cbe0e22e0089448745196fb7d8012d9d5a64cb77745b28b8227103","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-528","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-526",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]