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

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

"I doubt it's him."

was also surprised about something. "How

report nearly

all the reports and create a file. I hate

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

about his three cronies?"

cronies from

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

It's also not him." Soran

one's dead," Soran

asked. If Shang was involved in

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

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

that moment, Shang

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

it was the

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

one of those

had one last fight with

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

honest with you, back then, I tried my very best to convince teacher to expel you. You can

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

to use any underhanded methods to get rid of him. He had voiced his

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

understand why,"

now," Soran said. "Thank

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

looked through the files and retrieved three of

guy you

through the

raised

an

the Warrior's Academy

brows. Now, they

doesn't end here," Soran said. "Just a couple of months ago, some of our students met him

was in the weekly match between

Late Apprentice, and he wasn't weak,"

a questioning

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

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

guess, I believe that he might even

probably still be near the bottom in

thought back

guy with all his power, broke several of his bones, and the guy

in the victim finding their own path and rising