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.

due to the impact,

pieces of the shield to the side and looked at

SHING!

appeared in One's hand. "I need you to

he had thrown the thing over to Two, who

to the sky and activated

BANG!

Wind

inspected the black

One didn't answer.

BOOOOOOM!

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

was illuminated by the

BANG!

hit the side of the hill and slid

Two was dead.

"What's going on?!"

the hill, and he was looking

stood opposite of One, his

had turned into

lay

weapon drawn. "I only survived

no inclination to move. He simply continued standing

Explain yourself!"

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

Shang's nonchalant voice, but

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

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

the burned

knew Zero had

saw the shield, which had obviously been

gathered in

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

that four of

actions while it is clear that you are

the

knew that One would

But how?

And why?

had saved Shang's life,

though the officer was a traitor, he had said one thing

was complete without at least one backup

had attacked the tunnel had a chance of success of over 90%,

Stage warriors to kill eight Early General

was only

What was the purpose?

agent, One, appear more

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 have borne witness to the fact that One's signal

what happened, One's credibility