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.

thing was the same for

all wore at least one weapon on their

passing students. Some of them looked with confusion at him,

"Hello, teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

with

students greeted the middle-aged man beside the

polite, while the older

some polite and curt replies

huh?" Shang

they only respect my status," the man answered

you want to start with that topic again?"

without saying anything more

looking at the passing

They just didn't end!

entire street was crowded with people. It was almost like

very noisy and loud. The number of guards on the walls had

saw

just jumped from the wall, right into

oversees the security of the city by night and leads the

eyes widened in surprise. "Doesn't he need to

any longer. Don't forget, the dean is the most powerful warrior in the entire

Shang remembered everything he had been told

strongest warrior in the world

only warrior that had ever managed to reach the Fourth Realm, the same Realm as

just caught a glimpse of the most powerful

glimpse, but that glimpse had meant taking a glimpse at the current peak of physical

the flood of students slowly

walking

but their uniforms were obviously designed to also be used in battle. They seemed light but

with some older students. Obviously, the barrier between teacher and students

all, they were all

BOOOM!

explosion came from the top of the

he saw a gigantic ballista

the

sound had obviously come from

later, the guards high-fived each

close to the city," the teacher explained. "They are Beasts in the Third Realm, the Commander Stage. We can't always send soldiers to hunt them down, so we kill as many as we can

Third Realm.