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.

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

behavior, he 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

"I doubt it's him."

surprised about something. "How

report nearly everything about every student," Soran

sighed. "And it's my job to read through all the reports and create a file. I hate that part of

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

his three cronies?"

cronies from Stars' file

Below average due to laziness," Soran said as he put the

pretty well. It's also not

one's dead," Soran

If Shang was

18 months later in the northeastern Wild Forest.

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

Shang furrowed his

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

was

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

one

had one last fight with three students," Shang

said with a frown. "That wasn't a pleasant

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

back then. Soran

get rid of him. He had voiced his concern to the Dean, and he had been

life difficult with underhanded

understand

my decision now," Soran said. "Thank you

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

looked through the files and

the guy you

through

raised

an eyebrow

the Warrior's Academy three days later,"

brows. Now, they were up to

file doesn't end here," Soran said. "Just a couple of months ago,

the weekly match between the Anti-Mage Class and the Mage

a Late Apprentice, and

a

and he had to chuckle. "Interesting. He was below average in our academy, but he quickly became rather good in

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

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

all, without you, he would probably still be

thought back to

all his power, broke several of his bones, and the guy had been convulsing

event would result in the victim finding their own