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.

the

least one weapon on

from the passing students. Some of them looked with confusion at

"Hello, teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

with

students greeted the middle-aged man beside

very polite, while the older

some polite and curt

huh?"

my status," the man answered quietly,

you want to start with that topic

man harrumphed without saying

kept looking at the

They just didn't end!

crowded with people. It was almost like a

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

saw

of a person had just jumped from the wall, right

oversees the security of the city by night and

in surprise. "Doesn't he need to

don't need to sleep any longer.

remembered everything he had

strongest warrior in

managed to reach the Fourth Realm, the same Realm

he realized that he had just caught a glimpse

glimpse had meant taking a glimpse at the current peak

couple of minutes, the flood of students slowly subsided. Yet, what replaced the students were

uniforms walking down the street, talking

obviously designed to also be used in battle.

the barrier between

all, they were all adults at

BOOOM!

explosion came from

shock, and he saw a gigantic

the distance. Two of them wore silver armor, while the others

sound had obviously come

the guards

explained. "They are Beasts in the Third Realm, the Commander Stage. We can't always send soldiers to hunt them down,

Third Realm.