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.

had trouble adjusting for the next couple of weeks, but he eventually settled in. Right now, he's in the

he gets angry out of shame. His family has the funds to hire such a powerful Cleaner, but

"I doubt it's him."

surprised about something. "How

report nearly everything about every

to read through all the reports

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

three

cronies from Stars' file

Grade. Below average due to laziness," Soran said as he

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

one's dead,"

asked. If Shang was involved

said as he put the file away. "He died about 18 months later in

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

Shang furrowed his

Gerbon, Shang only had one more run-in with

it was the worst

argued with anyone. He had simply stayed by himself and went to

one

one last fight with three students," Shang

remember," Soran said with a frown. "That wasn't a

honest with you, back then, I tried my very best to convince teacher to expel you. You can imagine how that went," Soran

that Soran wanted to expel him back then. Soran hadn't really kept his dislike a secret from

rid of him.

with underhanded

can understand why," Shang

Soran said. "Thank you

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

files

guy you

read through the

raised

an

Academy three days later,"

furrowed his brows. Now,

"Just a couple of months

the weekly match between the Anti-Mage Class and the

a Late Apprentice, and he wasn't

with a

the file again, and he had to chuckle. "Interesting. He was below average in

the warrior path. But instead of turning into a nobody,

to take a guess, I believe that he might even feel thankful to you," Soran

he would probably still be near the bottom

thought back

broke several of his bones, and the

an event would result in the victim finding their own path