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.

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 in the Advanced Grade,

His family has the funds to hire such a powerful Cleaner, but I doubt that they would do

"I doubt it's him."

also surprised about something. "How do you know so

teachers are required to report nearly everything about every student," Soran

Soran sighed. "And it's my job to read through all the reports and create a file. I hate that part of my

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

his three cronies?" Shang

the cronies from Stars' file and looked

said

pretty well. It's also not him." Soran

dead,"

If Shang was involved in

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

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

Shang furrowed

Gerbon, Shang only had one more run-in with

was

argued with anyone. He had simply

it one of those

last fight with three

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

teacher to expel you. You can imagine how that went," Soran said with a bit of

him back then. Soran hadn't really kept his

of him. He had voiced his

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

understand why,"

regret my decision now," Soran said. "Thank

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

files and retrieved

the guy you

through the

raised

raised an eyebrow in

Warrior's Academy

Now, they were

end here," Soran said. "Just a couple of months ago, some of our students met him

weekly match between the Anti-Mage Class and the Mage

a Late Apprentice, and he wasn't weak," Soran

with a questioning

he had to chuckle. "Interesting. He was below average in

irony. He nearly got beaten to death and gave up the warrior path. But instead of

I were to take a guess, I believe that he might

he would probably still be near the

back to

several of his bones, and the guy

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