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 settled in. Right now, he's in the Advanced Grade, and

to hire such a powerful Cleaner, but I doubt that they would do so because of a mere spat between two students. His parents

"I doubt it's him."

"How do you

are required to report nearly everything about every student,"

job to read through all the

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

three cronies?" Shang

names of the cronies from Stars'

average due to laziness," Soran said as he

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

dead,"

asked. If Shang was involved in this guy's

away. "He died about 18 months later in

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

moment, Shang

Shang only had

it was

student, and he hadn't even argued with anyone. He had

one of those

fight with

a frown. "That wasn't a pleasant

expel you.

wanted to expel him back

Soran never tried to use any underhanded methods to get rid of him. He had voiced his concern to the Dean, and

making Shang's life difficult with underhanded means, he simply

understand why,"

now," Soran said.

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

the files and retrieved three

guy you kicked," Soran

through

he raised

an

left the Warrior's Academy three days later," Soran

his brows. Now,

a couple of months ago, some of our students met

between the Anti-Mage Class

Late Apprentice, and he wasn't

with a

to chuckle. "Interesting. He was below average

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

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

without you, he would probably still be near the bottom

back

bones, and the guy had been convulsing on

that such an event would result in the victim finding their own path and