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,

the pieces of the shield to the side and looked at

SHING!

appeared in One's hand. "I need you to hold that

he had thrown the thing over to Two, who caught it out of

to the sky and activated

BANG!

burst of Wind Mana left the

he inspected the black ball

One didn't answer.

BOOOOOOM!

exploded as a powerful wave of Fire Mana

side of One's mask was illuminated by

BANG!

burned corpse hit the side of the hill and

Two was dead.

"What's going on?!"

of the

of One,

turned into

shield lay

suddenly shouted as he jumped back, his weapon drawn. "I only survived thanks

Zero, who made no inclination to

Explain yourself!" the officer

plan you two came up with?" he asked. "You want to frame me and then

a bit surprised by Shang's nonchalant voice,

acting like this was our doing?!" One shouted with fear and hatred. He genuinely sounded like his best friend

now, several soldiers had been lured over by the loud shouts, and they looked at

the burned

knew Zero had a

had obviously been

all the soldiers had gathered

already got rid of the four that have

around and noticed that four

such heinous actions while it is clear that you are the

of the officer

Shang knew that One would betray

But how?

And why?

One had saved Shang's life,

even though the officer was a traitor, he had

was complete without at

force that had attacked the tunnel had a chance of success

no one expected five Early General Stage warriors to kill eight Early General Stage

was

What was the purpose?

agent,

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

True Path Stage beast went on a rampage, some of the soldiers would survive, and they would have borne witness to the fact that One's signal had gone

happened, One's credibility would have shot through