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.

so much, Vice-Dean Soran," Sarah said

also bowed

smile. "We can't have outside people attack our students. Shang called me

team nodded, but they

wouldn't have come back," Elver

tone. "If Shang shouted

remembered something.

and from behind, severely depleting his Mana. After that, I got a surprise attack in, and he fled. The reason why I chased him was to give his location away

way, where did the fire come from?" Elver

only smirked. "I think I know," he said as he looked at Shang. "The Firebomb was finally proven to be useful, right? I

looked down

fun of Shang in this situation," Astor said with a cold but respectful voice. "You should have seen him! He managed to survive against a

as he put a hand on

Shang only frowned.

is very different from the previous times I met him, except for the very first time. When I met him the very first time, he was also this chipper, but as soon as he learned more about

spare the others worth so much

Shang glanced at Soran.

of reinforcing good behavior. I did something he approved of, and he immediately went in to praise me

student. He is a teacher,

don't only have good news," Soran

looked

not inexperienced, and you three know that an Early General Stage

three

SHING!

that moment, Soran summoned three

reason why Shang can be so powerful is related to the academy's secrets and to the reason why he has been missing for the

be kept under wraps, even when the secret eventually becomes public. Today, you saw Shang's true power, and I can't risk

handed all three of them contracts, and

Sarah said

but we can't take

the three of them were forbidden from speaking of Shang's

duration on the

has to remain a

mess with our memories

If that person intended to unveil the secrets,

The person could die.

their memory

the issuer of the contract, Soran, would be informed, and

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

gold each," Soran said. "It says so on the

that it

that, he immediately signed the contract and handed it back to Soran

gold was a lot of

had still been worried about his future. After

had thought about if he wanted

now, the

wouldn't need to hunt for a long while, and he could

over a year's worth

in exchange for signing a contract? No

smiled at Elver and handed him a Space

Space

But it was empty.

looked at Soran with