[{"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-830":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},1492891,1940,"Chapter 830  830 – The Plan","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-830",830,"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang exited his inner world and killed the bird watcher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a couple of seconds, the barrier turned transparent again, and Shang waited in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As always, Shang looked calm and emotionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, he waited for his opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier didn't become cloudy, which meant that no one had entered the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some seconds later, Shang's Communication Crystal rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold your position! No matter what!\" came an urgent but unknown voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, based on the aura Shang had felt, he knew exactly who had just spoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiran, the Catastrophe King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Shang could answer, the Communication Crystal became silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang tried to contact some people of the Lightning Manor, but his Communication Crystal couldn't reach anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was isolated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang moved to the edge of his territory without retrieving the flag to look out of the transparent barrier with his Spirit Sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the southeastern end, there was nothing too surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just the start of the Judgment Palace Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no powerful Mages that Shang could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Shang went to the southern end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was the Land and Sky Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also no one there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Shang went to the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was the Twilight Dusk Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No noteworthy Mages present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Shang reached the north, he realized what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the north of Shang's barrier, he saw a different barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a Defender Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage, and it belonged to the Twilight Dusk Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang curved towards the west, he saw another barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also a Defender Barrier for an Initial Ancestral Mage, but this one belonged to the Land and Sky Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang immediately knew what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Empires had conquered the territories behind Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These territories had been heavily defended by the Lightning Manor. Conquering them had probably cost these two Empires a brutal amount of resources and lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, after conquering the territories, they put two Defender Flags down that made it impossible for Shang to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge Zone was still assigned to Ancestral Mages, even though a big part of it had been captured by the two other Empires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could have put down Peak Ancestral Mage Flags, but that would be risky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if Shang could break through rapidly and destroy their defenders?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, they decided to use Initial Ancestral Mage Defender Flags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like this, Shang couldn't even attack them since he was too strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that it was impossible for Shang to go to the north, northwest, or west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only travel to the southwest, south, southeast, east, and northeast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, by going there, Shang would be going into enemy territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was what they wanted, but not for the reason one might think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang knew that the enemy wanted Shang to leave his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the direction literally didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Shang would lift his Defender Flag, an extremely quick Initial Ancestral Mage would probably swoop in and plant their Attack Flag down on Shang's territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, new Defender Flags would appear around Shang's territory, barring him from moving literally anywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was only allowed to move far enough to plant an Attack Flag into enemy territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything further, and Mage Kings would be allowed to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, if he retrieved his Defender Flag, he would be encased by Defender Flags he couldn't attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he entered them, he would die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he flew past them, he would die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he waited for an hour, he would die as well since the territory would vanish under him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their plan and also the reason why Kiran had told Shang to hold his position, no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Shang's Defender Flag didn't move, he could survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the other Empires were blocking all forms of communication. The single communication with Kiran had probably cost the Lightning Manor a ridiculous number of Mana Crystals, and Kiran had only been able to say two sentences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang was alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was alone and surrounded by enemies on all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was isolated from the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did Shang feel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone wanted to kill him, they would need to send someone stronger than him that was on his level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And such a person didn't exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang felt just as safe as ever, maybe even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this place, he was also protected from every powerful person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People from the Lightning Manor couldn't reach him, and if powerful people of other Empires entered here, they would be breaking the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Shang sat down in the middle of his own territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel his bandages reacting strongly, but he acted like he didn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Shang guessed that he was probably being watched by over 15 Mage Kings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were probably all waiting to see if he would fall for the trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage Kings watched Shang for several hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, even though he had obviously realized the severity of his new situation, Shang didn't appear nervous or scared in any way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, four weeks passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang didn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mage Kings saw that there was no deterioration in Shang's calmness or mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just as relaxed as on the first day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They realized that this plan had failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With heavy hearts, the Mage Kings of the Judgment Palace looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And one by one, they nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would use the Empress' plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, that was the only way they could think of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They contacted the other Mage Kings from the surrounding Empires, who agreed to the plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some minutes later, more Defender Flags popped up around Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One additional one appeared to the east and another one to the south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Shang was completely boxed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Literally the only way out was to the southeast, which was where the Judgment Palace was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple more weeks passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang kept training inside his inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And eventually, the barrier became cloudy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang came out and readied himself for a battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the barrier became transparent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then cloudy again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And transparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cloudy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cloudy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took about a second for the barrier to switch modes each time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang wasn't quite sure what was going on and went to the southeast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there, he saw what the Judgment Palace was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately realized what their plan was.\u003C\u002Fp>",1087,"2026-06-06T04:07:23.276Z",1,"novelbin.me","210b79bb26e5b84fdde56eaf499eece1c7ab09695f2f674f9d4673a8dab5f9b4","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-1033","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-694",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]