Sword God in a World of Magic

Several hours passed, during which Shang looked at the gigantic sacks of gold in his world.

How much would the mission have paid after its completion?

How much was one year of an Early General Stage warrior's time worth?

50,000 gold.

This was the equivalent of around 30 – 50 Early General Stage beast corpses.

For one year, this was an amazing deal, especially since the mission wasn't as dangerous as hunting that many beasts.

That definitely was a lot of money for an Early General Stage warrior.

When night arrived, One came to Shang together with Two.

"We got a Mid General Stage beast," One said.

Shang nodded and prepared himself.

After that, both of them charged towards the east.

They traveled about a kilometer away and stopped behind a different hill. Now, no one was watching them.

"Alright, it's time to prepare everything," One said.

Shang and Two nodded. "What's the plan?" Two asked.

Shang wasn't surprised that One managed to convince Two. It made a lot of sense that the officer and his superior were traitors. If Two had told the truth previously, he wouldn't want to let someone like that keep living. After all, Duke Mithril's forces were searching for Two.

He might not be able to escape to Duke Mithril's territory after everything was done, but he definitely had some other solution. After all, if he didn't have one, he wouldn't be here.

"We are going to lure the officer to this place by firing the signal," One said as he took out one of the signal flares. "We have to act like there is a powerful Mid General Stage beast that we can't beat. Then, when he arrives, we jump him. Everything has to be done quickly."

"There are plenty of beasts that can hide their presence. Even if he doesn't see one immediately, it won't wake any suspicions. There aren't only Fire Affinity beasts here but also Earth Affinity beasts."

The other two nodded.

SHING!

At that moment, One took out a huge shield. "We have to make this convincing," he said as he pointed his shield at Shang. "I don't have enough power to make it seem like this shield was broken by a beast. Your destructive power is better for that."

"Destroy the shield with an attack, but try to leave my hands in one piece," One said.

Shang looked at One with a gleam in his eyes.

"Sure," he said.

Then, Shang took out his sword as One defended himself with his shield.

And Shang struck the shield with his colossal sword.

CRACK!

The shield cracked into two pieces, and One was thrown against the hill behind him.

the impact, but he wasn't injured.

pieces of the shield to the side and looked at

SHING!

you to hold that while I

talking, he had thrown the thing over to Two, who caught

the flare to the sky and

BANG!

burst of Wind Mana left the

he inspected the black ball in

One didn't answer.

BOOOOOOM!

Two's hand exploded as a

One's mask was illuminated by the violent

BANG!

side of

Two was dead.

"What's going on?!"

of the hill, and

opposite of One, his

into a burned

lay between

as he jumped back, his weapon drawn. "I

officer looked at Zero, who made no

Explain yourself!" the

you two came up with?" he asked. "You

bit surprised by Shang's nonchalant voice,

you're acting like this was our doing?!" One shouted with fear and hatred. He genuinely sounded like his best friend had just been

loud shouts, and they looked at the scene below the

saw the

had a Fire

which had obviously been destroyed by a

all the soldiers had gathered in

already got rid of the four that have been sent to defend the tunnel with me,"

soldiers looked around and noticed that four of

of such heinous actions while it is clear that you

of the officer didn't

fact, Shang knew that One

But how?

And why?

had saved Shang's life,

was a traitor, he

without

had attacked the tunnel had a chance of success of over 90%,

one expected five Early General Stage warriors to kill eight Early General

was only

What was the purpose?

their inside agent,

enter Duke Whirlwind's personal army. He had proven beyond any doubt that he was loyal. After all, his actions had resulted in the deaths

some of the soldiers would survive, and

what happened, One's credibility would have