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.

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

the pieces of the shield to the side

SHING!

hand. "I need you to hold that while

he had thrown the thing over to Two,

to the sky and activated

BANG!

green burst of Wind Mana

that?" Two asked as he inspected the black

One didn't answer.

BOOOOOOM!

the black ball in Two's hand exploded as a powerful

of One's mask was illuminated by the

BANG!

corpse hit the side of the hill and

Two was dead.

"What's going on?!"

of the hill, and he was

opposite of One,

turned into a burned

broken shield lay between Zero and

drawn. "I only survived thanks to the shields I carry in my

who made no inclination to move.

Explain yourself!" the officer

face the officer. "Is that the plan you two came up with?" he asked. "You want

Shang's nonchalant voice, but they didn't

you're acting like this was our doing?!" One shouted

over by the loud shouts, and they looked at the scene

the burned

had a

shield, which had obviously been destroyed by

all the soldiers had gathered

have been sent to defend

soldiers looked around and noticed that

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

voice of the

that One

But how?

And why?

had saved Shang's

the officer was a traitor,

without at least one

tunnel had a

Early General Stage warriors to kill eight Early General Stage warriors and one Mid General Stage

flare was only a

What was the purpose?

make their inside agent,

any doubt

a rampage, some of the soldiers

credibility would have shot through