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

the pieces of the shield to the side and looked at

SHING!

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

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

pointed the flare to the sky and activated

BANG!

green burst of Wind

inspected

One didn't answer.

BOOOOOOM!

exploded as a powerful wave of

mask was illuminated

BANG!

burned corpse hit the side of the

Two was dead.

"What's going on?!"

on top of the hill,

of One, his weapon

turned into a burned

shield lay between Zero and

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

Zero, who made no inclination to move. He

Explain yourself!" the officer

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

surprised by Shang's nonchalant voice, but they

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

loud shouts, and they looked

saw the burned

knew Zero had a Fire

saw the shield, which had obviously been

gathered in this place, and Shang

that have been sent to defend the

around and noticed that four of their comrades weren't

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

the officer didn't

that One

But how?

And why?

One had saved

officer was a traitor, he had said one thing

plan was complete without at least

had attacked the tunnel had a

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

flare was only a

What was the purpose?

make their inside agent,

this mission, One could easily 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 of

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

happened, One's credibility would have shot