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.

was the same for every

wore at least one weapon

plenty of different gazes from the passing students. Some of them looked with

"Hello, teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

with work,

students greeted the middle-aged

while the older

and curt replies

popular, huh?"

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

with that

man harrumphed without

looking at the passing

They just didn't end!

people. It was almost like a festival was taking place

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

Shang saw a

person had just jumped from the

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

surprise. "Doesn't

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

Shang remembered everything he had been told of the

strongest warrior in the world stayed

reach the Fourth Realm, the

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

glimpse had meant taking a glimpse at

minutes, the flood of students slowly

walking down the

to also be used in battle. They seemed light but powerful,

the barrier between teacher and students wasn't as stringent when

were all adults at

BOOOM!

from

he saw a gigantic ballista on top

all looking over the wall, into the distance.

come from this ballista

the guards high-fived each

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 hunt them down, so we

Third Realm.