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.

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, and he belongs to

out of shame. His family has the funds to hire such a powerful

"I doubt it's him."

was also surprised about something. "How do

teachers are required to report nearly everything about

it's my job to read through all the reports and create a

'Understandable,' Shang thought.

three cronies?" Shang

cronies from

laziness," Soran said as he put the first file away.

pretty well. It's also not him."

dead," Soran

was involved in

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

"Vanishing Snake?" Shang asked.

Soran nodded.

"It's not him."

that moment, Shang

incident with Stars Gerbon, Shang only had one more

it was the worst

argued with anyone. He had simply

it one of

had one last fight with three

with a frown.

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

back then. Soran hadn't really kept

get rid of him. He had voiced his concern to the

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

can understand

regret my decision now," Soran said. "Thank you

Shang only absentmindedly nodded.

looked through the files

guy you kicked," Soran

through

raised

an

Warrior's Academy three days

Now, they were up

Soran said. "Just a couple of months ago, some of our

in the weekly match between the Anti-Mage

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

with a questioning look at

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

warrior path. But

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

still

back to that

the guy

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