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.

coughed a bit due to the impact, but he wasn't injured. "Good,"

pieces of the shield to

SHING!

hand. "I need you

One had been talking, he had thrown the thing over to

pointed the flare to the

BANG!

Wind Mana

he inspected the

One didn't answer.

BOOOOOOM!

black ball in Two's hand exploded as

side of One's mask was illuminated by the

BANG!

the side of the hill and

Two was dead.

"What's going on?!"

had arrived on top of the hill, and

opposite of One, his weapon

into a burned

lay

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

made no inclination to

yourself!"

the officer. "Is that the plan you two came up with?" he asked. "You want to frame me and

were a bit surprised by Shang's nonchalant voice, but they didn't show

this was our doing?!" One shouted with fear and hatred.

the loud shouts,

the

knew Zero had a Fire

been

soldiers had gathered in this place, and Shang looked over

have been sent to defend the tunnel with

noticed that four

while it is clear that you are the culprit!" the officer

the officer didn't shock

knew that

But how?

And why?

all, One had saved Shang's life,

the officer was a traitor, he had said

without at least

the tunnel had a chance

to kill eight Early General Stage warriors and one Mid General

was only

What was the purpose?

inside agent, One, appear

had proven beyond any doubt that he was loyal. After all, his actions had resulted

some of the soldiers would survive, and they would have borne witness to the fact that One's

credibility would have shot through the