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.

a bit due to the impact, but

threw the pieces of the shield to the side and

SHING!

One's hand. "I need you to hold that while I activate

talking, he had thrown the thing over to Two,

to the

BANG!

burst of Wind

Two asked as he inspected

One didn't answer.

BOOOOOOM!

the black ball in Two's hand exploded as a

was illuminated by the violent

BANG!

corpse hit the side of

Two was dead.

"What's going on?!"

officer had arrived on top of the hill,

of One,

turned into a

shield lay between Zero

back, his weapon drawn. "I only survived thanks to the shields

made no inclination to move. He simply continued standing

Explain yourself!"

plan you two came up with?" he asked.

a bit surprised by Shang's nonchalant

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

loud shouts, and they looked at the scene below

saw the burned

knew Zero had

shield, which had obviously been destroyed by a powerful and

seconds, all the soldiers had gathered in this place, and Shang looked

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

noticed that four of their comrades weren't

actions while it is

of the officer didn't

fact, Shang knew that One would betray

But how?

And why?

One had saved Shang's

though the officer was a traitor,

was complete without

overwhelming force that had attacked the tunnel had a chance of success of over 90%, even with One's

all, no one expected five Early General Stage warriors to kill eight Early General Stage warriors and one Mid

was

What was the purpose?

make their inside agent, One, appear

mission, One could easily enter Duke Whirlwind's personal army. He had proven beyond any doubt that

on a rampage, some of the soldiers would survive, and they would

credibility would