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

at least

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

"Hello, teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

done with

students greeted the middle-aged man beside the

while the

polite and curt

popular, huh?"

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

with that topic again?"

harrumphed without saying anything more to

kept looking at

They just didn't end!

with people. It was almost like a festival was

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

Shang saw a

shadow of a person had just jumped from the wall,

said when he noticed Shang's gaze. "He oversees the security of the

eyes widened in surprise. "Doesn't he

on his level don't need to sleep any longer. Don't forget, the dean is the most powerful warrior in the

he had been told of the

warrior in

managed to reach

wonder when he realized that he had just caught a glimpse of the most powerful warrior

meant taking a

minutes, the flood of students slowly subsided.

people in silver uniforms walking down the street, talking with

were obviously designed to also be

older students. Obviously, the barrier between teacher and students wasn't as stringent when

all

BOOOM!

explosion came from the top

saw a gigantic ballista on top of a

soldiers standing around it, all looking over the wall, into the distance. Two of

obviously come from

later, the guards high-fived

Commander Stage. We can't always send

Third Realm.