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.

to the impact, but he wasn't injured.

the pieces of the shield

SHING!

hand. "I need you to hold that while I

One had been talking, he had thrown the thing over

the flare to the sky

BANG!

of Wind Mana left

he inspected the

One didn't answer.

BOOOOOOM!

ball in Two's hand exploded as

of One's mask was

BANG!

burned corpse hit the side of

Two was dead.

"What's going on?!"

on top of the hill, and

of One, his weapon

had turned into a

broken shield lay between Zero

back, his weapon drawn. "I only survived thanks to the shields I carry in my Space

made no inclination to move. He simply continued standing

Explain yourself!" the

came up with?" he asked. "You want to frame me and

Shang's

our doing?!" One shouted with fear and hatred. He genuinely

the loud shouts, and they looked

the burned

Zero had a Fire

obviously been

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

rid of the four that have been sent to defend the tunnel

noticed that four of

it is clear that

the officer didn't

fact, Shang knew that One

But how?

And why?

all, One had saved Shang's life,

officer was a traitor, he had

complete without at

a chance of

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

was only

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 deaths of

rampage, some of the soldiers would survive, and they would have borne

matter what happened, One's credibility would have shot through the