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 for

all wore at least one weapon on their

Some of them looked with confusion at him, some

"Hello, teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

done with

middle-aged

were very polite, while the older ones were

teacher gave some polite and curt

popular, huh?" Shang

the man answered quietly, "but at least

with that topic

harrumphed without saying anything more

looking at the passing

They just didn't end!

was almost like a festival was taking place

city had also become very noisy and loud. The

saw a

just jumped from the wall, right

the dean," the teacher said when he noticed Shang's gaze. "He oversees the security of the city by

surprise. "Doesn't he need to

sleep any longer. Don't forget, the dean is

Shang remembered everything he had been

warrior in

ever managed to reach the Fourth

he had just caught a

a glimpse, but that glimpse had meant taking a glimpse

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

saw several people in silver uniforms walking down

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

with some older students. Obviously, the barrier between teacher

all, they were all

BOOOM!

from the top of the

saw a gigantic ballista on top of a

wall, into the distance. Two of them wore silver armor,

come from

the guards

are Beasts in the Third Realm, the Commander Stage. We can't

Third Realm.