Sword God in a World of Magic

"Move! Make space for the next ones!" one of the guards told Shang with annoyance.

Shang moved to the side, and a couple of seconds later, Soran appeared on top of the wall.

Soran had a nice conversation with the stationed guards once again before leading the team down the wall.

"And that's that," Soran said as he turned to everyone. "It was nice seeing some of you again."

Sarah immediately left without saying anything. Apparently, the Magic Contract annoyed her quite a bit.

Elver and Astor also said their goodbyes before following Sarah.

"Shang, follow me," Soran said after everyone left.

Shang only nodded and followed Soran.

After a couple of minutes, they returned to the academy.

Soran immediately led Shang to the main building and to the fifth floor, which was reserved for teachers.

The two of them entered Soran's office and sat down.

SHING!

Soran summoned a gigantic stack of papers, which heavily hit the desk in his office.

Then, he looked at Shang with a smile. "Want to find out who hired the Cleaner?" he asked.

Shang's eyes shone, and he nodded.

"Tell me what you know and who you suspect," Soran said.

Shang recounted his thoughts about who could have wanted him dead.

It essentially boiled down to that it had to be one of the students.

Soran nodded. "That's what I thought," he said as he took the huge stack of papers into his hands.

"Tell me of everyone you met that might have a motive for wanting you dead."

Shang thought for a bit and decided to go in chronological order.

"The guy in the entrance exam. The one I beat up," Shang said.

"Michael Brestow," Soran said as he searched through the papers until he found the student's file.

"He's in the Preparation Grade right now, and he is about average. Nothing has changed for him. I severely doubt that it's him," Soran said.

Shang nodded. He hadn't thought that he would have been the one to send the Cleaner, but Shang wanted to be thorough.

"Stars Gerbon," Shang said. "I was the reason for his strongest helper leaving, and I beat his two cronies up. I also tore his jaw off."

Soran grimaced a bit, but he looked for Stars' file.

"After you two met, everyone around him abandoned him. He had trouble adjusting for the next couple of weeks, but he eventually

gets angry out of shame. His family has the funds to hire such a powerful Cleaner, but I doubt that they would do so because of a mere spat between two students. His parents might even want to thank you for putting some sense into him," Soran

"I doubt it's him."

but he was also surprised about something. "How do you know so many details

required to report nearly everything about every

to read through all the reports and create a

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

three cronies?"

of the cronies from Stars' file

to laziness," Soran said as

It's also not him." Soran put the second file

dead," Soran

Shang asked. If Shang was involved in

died about 18 months later in the northeastern Wild

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

Shang

incident with Stars Gerbon, Shang only had one more run-in

it was the worst

Shang had been a normal student, and he hadn't even argued with anyone. He had simply stayed by himself and

one of

last fight with three

a frown. "That wasn't

then, I tried my very best to convince teacher to expel you. You can imagine how that went," Soran said with a bit of guilt visible on his

wanted to expel him back then.

tried to use any underhanded methods to get rid of him. He had voiced his concern to the Dean, and he

difficult with underhanded means, he simply

can understand why," Shang

my decision now," Soran

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

the files and retrieved

the guy you kicked,"

read through the

he raised

raised an eyebrow

the Warrior's Academy three days

Now, they were

said. "Just a couple of months ago, some

the weekly match between the

Apprentice, and

a questioning look

looked through the file again, and he had to chuckle. "Interesting. He was below average in our academy, but he quickly

the warrior path. But instead of turning into a nobody, he began to shine

were to take a guess, I believe that he

still be near

back to

several of his bones, and the

would result in