Sword God in a World of Magic

The soldiers didn't want to show it, but they subconsciously became wary of their officer.

Everything pointed to the fact that he was a traitor.

Shang could have kept the suspicious information a secret and could have passed it along to the relevant authorities.

Yet, he had unveiled all the suspicious information without censoring it.

He was essentially publicly accusing the officer of being a traitor without saying it directly.

The soldiers became very nervous.

If their officer were truly a traitor…

Then, would he just kill all of them to silence them?!

"They were smart," the officer said.

Shang and the soldiers only looked at him.

"Remember, no plan is complete without a backup plan for when the primary plan backfires," the officer explained. "By sending nine people, their primary plan evidently was to wake the True Path Stage beast."

"But if they fail, their backup plan was to get rid of me," the officer said.

The officer gestured to the corpses.

"They are most likely criminals on death row," he said. "Duke Mithril has a policy that criminals can gain freedom as long as they accomplish a deadly mission. The criminals have to take a poison to which only Duke Mithril's soldiers have an antidote."

"If they flee, they die. If they fail, they die. They can only survive by completing the mission."

"You told me that they threw the Firebombs into the lake without concern for their life," the officer said.

Shang nodded.

"This means near-certain death for them. Normal soldiers don't just throw their lives away like that. Only someone with no way out would consider doing something like this."

"Criminals are not part of Duke Mithril's main force," the officer explained. "The fact that they sent criminals means that they, to a certain extent, have expected this mission to fail."

Shang didn't say anything.

officer gritted his teeth. "Nevertheless, their plan succeeded to some degree. I will surely be

SHING!

officer summoned a Communication Crystal. "Might as well do it

at

wasn't visible due to

a bit. He still suspected the officer of being a

had unveiled

what if this was just

investigation would take place. It would have been possible that an innocent Late General

why Shang had unveiled everything. He wanted to give the officer a

listened as the officer

the officer's superior blowing up in anger, but

the superior shouted through the Communication Crystal. "You found a tunnel and didn't

thorough tongue-lashing, the superior demanded an

officer only gritted

to only my resources would reflect well

once again, berating the officer for

It was thoroughly humiliating.

put under investigation!" the superior shouted

there was a

one week to get everything in order for your replacement. I want you to report to me in

will wait near the

then, the

looked helplessly to

a deep breath. Only now did they truly realize how far out of their depth this

He still had some doubts, but he wouldn't accuse

was the right decision to give the

to talk, so everyone

they didn't have

new guards of the

in luxurious robes, each colored

looked over and felt Mana swirl around the

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