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 same for every

all wore at least one weapon on their

from the passing students. Some of them

"Hello, teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

done with

middle-aged

children were very polite, while

teacher gave some polite and curt replies while the students

popular, huh?"

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

to start with that topic

man harrumphed without saying anything

looking at the passing

They just didn't end!

with people. It was almost like a festival was

and loud. The number of

saw a

jumped

he noticed Shang's gaze. "He oversees the security of the city by night and leads the academy during the

in surprise. "Doesn't

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 told

The strongest warrior in

only warrior that had ever managed to reach the

when he realized that he had just caught a

been a glimpse, but that glimpse had meant taking a glimpse at

slowly subsided.

in silver uniforms walking down the street, talking with each

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

barrier between teacher and students

were all adults

BOOOM!

explosion came from

and he saw a gigantic ballista on

wall, into the distance. Two of them wore silver

sound had obviously come from this

later, the guards high-fived each

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.