Sword God in a World of Magic

"Wake up," the man said with an annoyed voice. "It's time for our deal."

Shang slowly opened his eyes with annoyance.

The two of them had argued for way too long.

In the end, they had come to a deal.

Shang could sit on the ground for the night, but when people would begin to show up, he would sit on the chair.

Shang stood up, pulled the chair over, and sat down.

"Was that so hard?" the man asked.

"I can also just sit on the ground again," Shang answered with an even voice.

"Hmph," the man only snorted.

In the next couple of minutes, Shang saw the sky slowly light up.

The braziers had been put out a couple of minutes ago, and Shang heard the first faint noises of movement from the surrounding houses.

It seemed like the 500 or so people directly living in the city had their houses adjacent to the academy.

A couple minutes later, Shang saw the first people exit their houses. They walked with practiced ease to their destinations.

"Bakers and smiths," the man said. "They have to wake up very early."

"Mhm," Shang muttered.

Some minutes later, the sky became bright enough that even a normal person could see in the streets. Due to the high elevation and the walls, the dawn couldn't be seen from within the city.

Some more minutes later, more people began to exit their houses as they all walked in the direction of the city center. Those were probably all the merchants and other artisans.

WHOOOOM!

Suddenly, a loud horn echoed throughout the city, and Shang looked up.

"That's the signal that the gates are being opened," the man explained as he stood up. Then, he walked over to the gate and simply pushed it open.

"It wasn't locked?" Shang asked.

"Why would we lock it? I'm here, after all," he said.

The man stretched a bit as he fixed his clothing. He had to appear presentable to the students.

Some minutes later, Shang heard the sound of a horde of people moving, and a couple of seconds later, Shang saw several youngsters and children walk towards the academy.

Some of them were ten-year-old kids.

Some were already adults.

Some wore bronze uniforms.

Some wore yellow uniforms.

Some walked in groups.

Some walked alone.

one thing was the same

at least

received plenty of different gazes from the passing students. Some of them looked with

"Hello, teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

with work,

middle-aged man

polite, while

teacher gave some polite and curt replies

popular, huh?"

my status," the man answered quietly, "but at least they

to start with that topic again?"

without

at the passing

They just didn't end!

people. It was almost like a festival was taking place

now, the city had also become very noisy and loud. The number of guards

Shang saw

shadow of a person had just jumped

teacher said when he noticed Shang's gaze. "He oversees the

in surprise. "Doesn't

teacher only snorted. "People on his level don't need to sleep any longer. Don't forget, the dean is the most powerful warrior in

Shang remembered everything he had been

strongest warrior in the world stayed

ever managed to reach the

he had just caught a glimpse of the

only been a glimpse, but that glimpse had meant taking

minutes, the flood of students slowly subsided. Yet,

people in silver uniforms walking down the street, talking with each

uniforms were obviously designed to also

Obviously, the barrier between teacher and students wasn't

all, they were all adults

BOOOM!

loud explosion came from the

and he saw

looking over the wall, into the distance. Two of

sound had obviously come from this ballista

the guards

close to the city," the teacher explained. "They are Beasts in the Third Realm, the Commander Stage. We

Third Realm.