Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked up at the wall, and he saw the guards part so that someone else could step forward.

It was a woman with brown hair, fully clad in an impressive set of silver armor.

Shang's instincts immediately told him that he couldn't fight her.

She felt about as powerful as that one spider he had seen on his travels to the Southern Wild.

Shang immediately knew that she was in the Second Realm, the General Stage, and he also knew that she was the one in charge.

"I've already given the order to investigate everything," she proclaimed. "It will only take around two hours."

When Shang heard that it would only take two hours, his suspicion towards the leading guard increased even more.

The leading guard turned to the officer and saluted with a professional expression. "Thank you, my lady," he said.

The officer looked at the leading guard with a suspicious expression. "Why haven't you given the order earlier?" she asked.

"Reporting to my lady, I have been busy with handling the suspicious individual. I wasn't able to give the order earlier," the leading guard explained.

The officer only looked at the leading guard with a suspicious expression.

"It has recently come to my attention that your living conditions are quite ostentatious for someone of your position," she commented.

"My lady, I have already informed the treasury investigators about the sizable farm my brother owns. The treasury department has already verified all the gold he has sent me and its origins."

"Additionally, my lady, I would humbly request that you don't bring up my personal life in front of my squad," the leading guard added.

The officer narrowed her eyes.

"I will keep that in mind," she said.

Shang immediately noticed some things.

First of all, the officer was rather young. She was probably in her early twenties.

Second of all, she didn't hide her suspicion and hostility while talking to the leading guard.

Third, the leading guard had correctly highlighted the issue of talking about this in public. Superiors were not supposed to humiliate their staff in front of others.

With these clues, Shang got the picture.

The officer knew that the leading guard was doing underhanded business, and she wanted to punish him for it.

However, the leading guard was perfectly covering his tracks, not leaving any opening, which frustrated the officer.

Due to her inexperience, her frustration got the better of her, and she wanted to punish the leading guard via a different method.

However, the leading guard managed to turn things around to make her lose face in front of all her soldiers.

the leading guard managed to explain

Maybe, but what brother continually showers their sibling with so much wealth when the sibling already

a middle-man with his brother, who then gifts the

many merchants traveling through this town that it's nearly impossible

she's so frustrated,' Shang

an official complaint," Shang

officer looked at Shang with interested

me without a justified reason. I wasn't resisting, and I hadn't even drawn my weapon. He

The officer frowned.

looked at the leading guard,

suspicions were valid, and your guilt has not been cleared yet," the officer said. "However, even if

are to be brought to the barracks. You are technically already under arrest due to your inability to flee from us, but that can't be considered an

under our surveillance is not a right, but a privilege. It is something we can grant, but it's

hasn't broken protocol, and he has

emotions

Shang said after some

had expected that his

if he had expected his complaint to go nowhere,

a good impression on

Why?

officer might want to reciprocate. An officer of such an important town had to be

someone like that might

to

her employee, but now, she had defended

she realized

for the next couple of minutes. The officer had already stepped down from the wall to

respectfully stood at

a guard exited the gates and respectfully delivered

contents of the

has been cleared,

she knew his name meant

you," Shang answered

guards, and the guard went

enter the town," the officer told Shang. "However, I would ask you to follow me for a bit. There have been reports of bandit corpses from other visitors, and they suspect that you

and the faces of the dead bandits

have

not mandatory," the officer explained. "However, I would ask you to do so regardless. The families of the people deserve

the eyes

or protocol but of a

"Fine," Shang said.

said

and took hold of his sled

while throwing

like he hadn't seen the

of Blizzard's Edge opened,