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 Advanced Grade, and he belongs to the top 30%.

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

"I doubt it's him."

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

nearly everything about every student,"

read through all the reports and create a file. I hate that part

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

about his three cronies?"

got the three names of the cronies

Soran said as he put the first file away.

also not him." Soran put the second

one's dead,"

Shang was involved in this

"He died about 18 months later in the northeastern Wild Forest. You can imagine what

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

that moment, Shang furrowed

only had

it was

a normal student, and he hadn't even argued with anyone.

it one of those

had one last fight

with a

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

back then. Soran hadn't really

use any underhanded methods to get rid of him. He

Shang's life difficult with underhanded

can understand

my decision now," Soran said. "Thank

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

files and

guy you kicked,"

read through the

he raised

raised an eyebrow in

Warrior's Academy three days later,"

Now, they

a couple

between

Apprentice, and he

looked with a questioning look

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

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

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

he would probably still be near the bottom

thought back to

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

that such an event would result in the