Sword God in a World of Magic

Soran stood in the middle of the cave and looked up at Shang, who was currently sitting in the small hole he had created.

And then…

Soran smiled.

"I've heard your initial conversation with teacher," Soran said, "and I think I need to apologize for my previous words."

"You could have killed the three students without any repercussions. After all, you had teacher's permission. He even encouraged it."

"However, instead of doing that, you decided to spend some money to let them live."

Soran jumped over to the hole, and Shang made space for him.

Soran looked at the desecrated corpse and grabbed its Space Ring to inspect it.

"To be honest, when I heard what had happened, I grew angry and disgusted because I was sure that you would simply kill the three of them," Soran said as he looked through the Space Ring.

"But imagine my surprise when I heard that you didn't want to do so."

After some seconds, Soran threw the Space Ring over to Shang. "No information about the requester, as always."

"There are a couple of things in there that are worth a bit, but they can't compare to the Space Ring itself. I would advise you to sell the Space Ring to the academy for a good profit unless you need it yourself."

Then, Soran saw the Focus, and his eyebrows rose in surprise.

"Now, that's some money," he said as he took hold of the Focus. "I would advise you to also sell this to the academy."

"The academy?" Shang asked. "What would you even do with it?"

Soran only smiled. "We sell it back to the Cleaning Service in our monthly auctions. A fully assembled Focus is worth far more than its components, and it would be a waste to dismantle it while we have a buyer waiting."

Shang nodded.

"Anyway," Soran said as he looked at Shang again with a smile. "I'm glad you're not as heartless as I thought you were. To be frank, I assumed you were just like teacher, and teacher… well… you know."

Shang nodded. "I know how different you two are."

Soran also nodded.

"So, what's the solution to my current problem?" Shang asked.

"I'll show you. Where are they?" Soran asked.

Shang put the Focus and Space Ring into his world and jumped away from the tunnel, landing on the ground.

Soran followed Shang, and the two of them walked down the tunnel.

However, they didn't need to walk for long.

Just a couple of seconds later, they heard the sounds of hurried footsteps, and some moments later, the team of three arrived in Shang's tunnel.

Astor was the first to see Shang and Soran, and when he did, he let out a huge sigh of relief.

The team ran over and stopped in front of Shang.

"What happened to the Adept?" Sarah asked with furrowed brows.

"I dealt with him," Soran said before Shang could say anything.

Shang didn't contradict him.

you so much, Vice-Dean Soran," Sarah said with

also

our students. Shang called me as soon as he saw the

but they

we had known, we wouldn't have come back," Elver said with

calm tone. "If Shang shouted about contacting me, the enemy

remembered something. "Why did he run when

Shang said calmly. "The fire attacked him from the front and from behind, severely depleting his Mana. After that, I got a surprise attack in, and he fled. The

way, where did the fire

I know," he said as he looked at Shang. "The Firebomb was finally proven to be useful, right? I told you that you would need it at some point, but you said that something with this

only looked down

respectful voice. "You should have seen him! He managed to survive against a Mid Adept with a Poison

know, I know," Soran said with a smile as he put a hand on Shang's

Shang only frowned.

the very first time. When I met him the very first time,

decision to spare the others worth so much that Soran changed his entire behavior towards

Shang glanced at Soran.

approved of, and he

student. He is

have good news," Soran said as he furrowed

other three looked at Soran

Early General Stage

other three remained

SHING!

Soran summoned

the reason why he has been missing for the past year. For now, it's still a secret, but if everything works out fine, we will be able to publicize it in about two

becomes public. Today, you saw Shang's true power, and I can't risk certain people learning of Shang's

them contracts, and

Magic Contract," Sarah said with

but we can't

that the three of them were

on the

to remain

mess with our

Circle into someone's mind. If that person intended to unveil the secrets, all

The person could die.

of their memory

informed, and the signer of the

put a burden on someone's mind, and it was mostly

why you get 100,000 gold each," Soran said. "It says so on

he said that it would

signed the contract and

a lot

about his future. After all, he hadn't

wanted to quit the team or

now, the decision

need to hunt for a long while, and

was over a

signing a contract? No

Elver and

Space

But it was empty.

looked at Soran with