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.

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 he belongs to the top 30%. From

up his old 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

"I doubt it's him."

he was also surprised about something. "How do

report nearly everything about

to read through all the reports and

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

three cronies?" Shang

three names of the cronies from Stars' file and looked through

laziness," Soran said as he put the first

also not him." Soran put

one's dead," Soran

Shang asked. If Shang was involved in this

the file away. "He died about 18 months later

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

that moment, Shang furrowed his

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

was the

even argued with anyone. He had simply stayed by himself and went

it one of those

fight with three

with a frown. "That wasn't

best to convince teacher to expel you. You can imagine how that went," Soran

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

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

difficult with

can understand

decision now," Soran said.

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

files

guy you

read through the

raised

raised an

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

brows. Now, they

Soran said. "Just a couple of months

in the weekly match between the Anti-Mage

became a Late Apprentice, and

looked with a questioning

again, and he had to chuckle. "Interesting. He was below

irony. He nearly got beaten to death and gave up the warrior path. But instead of turning into a nobody, he

that he might even feel

would probably still

thought back to that

bones, and the guy had been convulsing on

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