[{"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-820":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},1492861,1940,"Chapter 820  820 – Protecting The Territory","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-820",820,"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little bit earlier, a huge army of Mages waited near the border of the Lightning Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were thousands upon thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the war started, everyone looked with excitement toward the northwest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, they saw a humongous barrier with a big six and two stars on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early Ancestral Mage Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a peculiar choice,\" a woman with black hair and black robes muttered with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone else respectfully stood behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the general of this entire war for the Judgment Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was one of the Mage Kings belonging to Kali.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there was only a single attacking point for the Judgment Palace currently, the Mage King didn't have a lot to overlook and plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her entire job was to take this Zone and then maybe a couple more. After that, the actual strategists could take over since it would turn into more of a normal war instead of a singular duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An Early Ancestral Mage,\" she said with a chuckle as she looked at the distant Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, she could see with her Spirit Sense since the barrier was still transparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang exhibited quite an impressive aura. Under normal circumstances, she would think that Shang was someone with a fourfold Spirit Sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>eαglesnᴏνel However, since there were plenty of ways to disguise and change one's aura, she didn't really trust it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe this was actually a sacrificial lamb to gain information?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just winning the battle in the Defender Flag wasn't enough. One also had to place an Attack Flag after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also possible that the Lightning Manor actually readied all their Defender Flags for this position, ramming down one of them after the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew that this territory would be the biggest hotspot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending someone with a fourfold Spirit Sense into battle anywhere else would almost certainly guarantee a victory, but sending one of those into this Zone was extremely dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was someone like that defending this spot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any volunteers?\" the Mage King asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group consisting of Early Ancestral Mages looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The less powerful Ancestral Mages looked at the more powerful ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll go,\" one of them, standing near the back, said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage King inspected the person that had spoken up and snickered. \"Sure,\" she said with a snicker. \"Go ahead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" the volunteer said before shooting into the sky and flying into the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier quickly closed up, hiding the inside from any onlookers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage King just slowly shook her head with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Idiot,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person that had entered was someone that didn't directly belong to the Judgment Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a volunteer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He definitely wasn't weak. If he tried to, he could enter the Judgment Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wasn't someone that could possibly win such a battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Mage King didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her army was bursting with people wanting to charge into the Lightning Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could throw Mages at this Defender Flag, and it wouldn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in a way, she also understood why these people were so keen on volunteering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, anyone that won a battle in this territory would receive one Grade Eight Mana Crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a ridiculously high bounty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the barrier, Shang noticed that the barrier had clouded over, which meant that his opponent had entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, due to the size of the territory, Shang didn't see his opponent yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier had a radius of 5,000 kilometers, and Shang's Spirit Sense had a radius of 3,000 kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would take a bit for the opponent to enter his Spirit Sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, it took over two minutes for Shang's opponent to enter his Spirit Sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang could see why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His opponent was moving slowly while trying to hide with a Spell that made him look like a cloud of sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang could see that his opponent had a twofold Spirit Sense and that he was most likely in the upper half of people with twofold Spirit Senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just like the Mage King, Shang didn't trust his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if this was a Cloud from the Judgment Palace in disguise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang slowly stood up and readied his Subsis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He very slowly moved it backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For just a second, Shang stood still as he fully concentrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Subsis thrust forward three times in rapid succession!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! BANG! BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cloud of sand, the shards of a broken Mana Shield scattered, and a black shadow appeared for just a tiny instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the cloud of dust dispersed, revealing a person with brown hair and brown robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person's eyes were opened wide in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like nothing made sense to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where were they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who were they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some seconds later, they just moved their head around in confusion, looking at their surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why were they in a forest?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, there was a bird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a cute bird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, what were they doing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, a bird!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was nice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang watched the confused man looking back and forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seems like he didn't disguise his aura,' Shang thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, Shang had unleashed a pinpoint burst of Death Mana with the Concept of Purgatory on that Mage's head, focusing everything on his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This essentially turned the man into someone with late-stage Alzheimer's disease and severe dementia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was alive, but his mind had been reduced to nearly nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang calmly refilled his Death Mana as the confused man just looked at all the interesting things in his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some time later, Shang sat down again and entered his inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He summoned a beast and fought against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was Shang doing this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, Shang's job was to keep this territory safe, and he was doing just that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as a fight was going on, nobody was allowed to enter or exit this territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, there was an upper limit to how long a fight could go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The limit was one week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If both combatants still lived after one week, they would both be killed by the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This long limit had been implemented so that even the closest fights would find a victor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Shang would wait for nearly the full week before killing his opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until then, the confused man could wander around the wilderness all he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer pressure of his Mana stopped all the slightly dangerous beasts from getting close to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this week, Shang would just train in his inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple of hours later, the Mage King of the Judgment Palace realized what was going on and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew this was going to happen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, prepare for a long wait, everyone,\" she said as she leaned back in the air like she was sitting in a chair.\u003C\u002Fp>",1147,"2026-06-06T04:07:23.276Z",1,"novelbin.me","91bdab52e22479e4a6453b39d4ee1efedd13abb1b4a3a8b95b01ae600e8d38d0","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-682","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-681",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]