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

all wore at least one

from the passing students. Some of them looked with confusion

"Hello, teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

with work,

students greeted the middle-aged man beside the

while the

curt replies while the students passed

huh?"

only respect my status," the man answered quietly, "but at

to start with that topic again?"

man harrumphed without saying anything more to

kept looking at the passing

They just didn't end!

entire street was crowded with people. It was almost like

noisy and loud. The number

saw a

a person had just jumped

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

eyes widened in surprise. "Doesn't

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

he had been told of

The strongest warrior in

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

that he had just caught a glimpse of the most powerful

glimpse, but that glimpse had meant taking

slowly subsided. Yet, what replaced the students

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

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

some older students. Obviously, the barrier between teacher

all adults at

BOOOM!

explosion came from the top

in shock, and he saw a gigantic ballista on top of

standing around it, all looking over the wall, into the

sound had obviously come from

second later, the guards high-fived

Storks fly too close to the city," the teacher explained. "They are Beasts in the Third Realm, the Commander Stage. We can't always send soldiers to

Third Realm.