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.

back then, thanks to his background," Soran said. "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

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 for putting some sense

"I doubt it's him."

also surprised about something. "How

are required to report nearly everything

the reports and create a file. I hate that

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

about his three cronies?" Shang

cronies

Below average due to laziness," Soran said as he put the first file away. "Not

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

one's dead,"

was involved in this guy's

worry," Soran said as he put the file away. "He died about 18 months later in the northeastern Wild Forest. You can imagine

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

that moment, Shang furrowed his

with Stars Gerbon, Shang only had one more

it was the

hadn't even argued with

one

last fight with three students," Shang

said with a

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

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

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

Shang's life difficult with underhanded

understand why," Shang

my decision now," Soran

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

through the files and retrieved

you kicked," Soran

read through the

raised

an eyebrow

left the Warrior's Academy three days

furrowed his brows. Now,

a couple of

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

and he

looked with a questioning look at

"Interesting. He was below average in our academy, but he quickly became rather

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

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

still be near the

back

and the guy had been convulsing on the

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