[{"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-689":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},1492878,1940,"Chapter 689 - Mistra Flowsteel","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-689",689,"\u003Cp>A woman with metallic-grey hair floated above Icy Bastion. The pressure she gave off was awe-inspiring, but not in a terrifying way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pressure felt more like a very tight and strong hug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked with a strict expression at the present people, but everyone could also feel some concern coming from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a way, it was like she was a powerful and strict mother, and her eyes were reflecting these thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These belong to me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what her eyes said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, everyone,\" she said in a polite but commanding voice. \"My name is Mistra Flowsteel, and I am a Bolt from the Lightning Manor. That means that I am one of the Lightning Manor's Mage Lords.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The present people looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should they greet her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should their leader step forward and greet her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people glanced over at Shang, but Shang hadn't moved at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warriors at the True Path Stage, please form a line,\" she commanded. \"Family and friends, please step away from the warriors. Impose Stage warriors, please wait near the side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people slowly complied, and after a couple of seconds, three groups formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Path Stage warriors, Impose Stage warriors, and everyone else stood in different locations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Mistra saw that, she nodded and landed near the gate of Icy Bastion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small booklet appeared beside her, hovering in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, she actually put on some glasses, which was very unusual. After all, there probably wasn't even a single Mage that had issues with their eyesight, which meant that the glasses were probably for something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True Path Stage warriors, step forward one at a time,\" she commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first person in the line nervously stepped forward. They still weren't entirely sure if everything would work out fine since a lot of the stuff that they had heard just sounded way too good to be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more, standing in front of a Mage Lord was always a terrifying experience just due to their sheer power and status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially one that belonged to one of the Empires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Name,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tarkus,\" the warrior said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who will you be bringing with you today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My wife, my three children, and two friends,\" Tarkus answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several tiny letters appeared on the booklet on their own, and Mistra nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Path Stage warriors and stronger looked towards the wall since their Spirit Senses had just picked up something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin but huge plate of glass had suddenly appeared just outside the town. The glass was thinner than a centimeter, but the entire pane was probably nearly five kilometers wide. One could also see several circles that were a couple of meters wide on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring everyone to the Transport Plate, get yourself a circle, and stay inside it,\" Mistra commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior nodded and quickly waved his friends and family over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, they left the town, went onto the huge plate of glass, and gathered in one of the circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next,\" Mistra said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was how things went for the next two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, all the True Path Stage warriors boarded the Transport Plate with their friends and family, leaving only the Impose Stage warriors and their friends and family behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistra called the first Impose Stage warrior over and asked him the same questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after she got her answer, she had more questions this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did you reach the Impose Stage?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About 17 years ago,\" the warrior answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I practiced my techniques until I achieved perfect execution and Synchronized Mana Flow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is Synchronized Mana Flow?\" she asked, throwing a glance at the warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior felt uncomfortable. \"Well, Synchronized Mana Flow is when the Mana you use to perform your techniques travels through your body in such a way that it doesn't injure the body anywhere while also flowing at intense and rapid speeds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\" Mistra slowly uttered as she moved her glasses a bit to look more closely at the warrior's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior felt more uncomfortable as Mistra just silently kept looking at his armored chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Show me a couple of your techniques,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior looked around uncomfortably. It was a bit awkward to just start slashing in the air with his weapon while strangers just watched him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay,\" he said awkwardly as he summoned a long sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he performed a couple of slashes. Luckily, he was so used to training his techniques that the awkwardness in the surroundings didn't negatively impact his performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most interesting,\" Mistra said as a second booklet appeared beside her, which was rapidly filled with words. In fact, the words appeared on the booklet at a speed of over 20 pages per second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, you can stop,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior awkwardly put his sword away again and waited for more orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, so, how can you ensure that the technique you are using isn't incorrectly using your Mana Pathways?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It depends on the technique,\" the warrior answered. \"My Mana Pathways were created by the world when I reached the True Path Stage, and they are perfectly made for the Path I have created. As long as I use techniques from my Path, I can be sure that my Mana won't move in unsuited ways.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistra nodded a couple of times as more pages were filled of her booklet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, she had written down many times more about this Impose Stage warrior than about everything she had written down about everyone that had come before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if you want to change your Path? What if you want to use other techniques?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior smiled uncomfortably. \"That's… difficult. I would need to change my Mana Pathways.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you?\" Mistra asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, I can't, but I know someone that can,\" he answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? What makes them able to change their Mana Pathways while you can't?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I mean, I could learn how to change Mana Pathways, but it is very dangerous, very time-consuming, and I am not confident enough to edit my Mana Pathways in such a way that I would create something better than the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, my Mana Pathways have already been optimized for the Path I have chosen, and I use many of them for many different techniques. By changing one of them, I would need to change even more of them since now other techniques don't fit anymore, which would need me to change even more of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would probably be left with a nearly unsolvable mess of Mana Pathways, and even if I managed to solve that mess, it would probably take me decades, if not centuries. I don't think that's worth it,\" the warrior explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The booklet was turning like crazy, and the warrior felt quite intimidated by it. He had just talked for a couple of seconds, but the booklet had already written down thousands of pages of information by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell was this Mage Lord writing about, and how could she write that much about the little bit of information he was giving her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, how many pages did that booklet even have?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm,\" Mistra hummed as the booklet stopped writing. \"So, how is this a problem for you but not for your friend?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, you see-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait!\" Mistra suddenly said, lifting her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior blinked a couple of times in surprise. \"Yes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is your friend amongst the Impose Stage warriors?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, he's-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright!\" Mistra shouted with a chipper voice before she realized that she had let her giddy and curious demeanor slip out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistra coughed once to return to her professional demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, I can just ask your friend later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay,\" the warrior slowly and awkwardly said, unsure how to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>",1301,"2026-06-06T04:07:21.422Z",1,"novelbin.me","1af8187d1335faced837e3b25fde91785edf1014ed8cdaee86d787ff9b2ecc7a","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-690","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-825",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]