Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang furrowed his brows.

By now, he was certain that the Cleaner had been sent by the Wilbury couple. They were the only ones with a motive, and they had the funds to send one.

The timeline also fit very well.

"Can you tell me more about the Wilburys?" Shang asked.

"Baroness Wilbury is one of the five teachers in the outpost of the Mage Academy," Soran explained. "The outpost is specifically for students with a Poison Affinity, and it's inside the Empress Cobra Zone, inside Swamp Lake City."

"Major Wilbury is assistant to the commander of the guards of Swamp Lake City. Individually, there are two people in Swamp Lake City more powerful than them, namely the commander and the head teacher, but combined, those two hold a lot of sway over Swamp Lake City."

"You can view Swamp Lake City as a smaller and weaker version of Warrior's Paradise. Swamp Lake City, just like Warrior's Paradise, is responsible for killing beasts and selling their corpses. It is the southernmost outpost of humanity in the Empress Cobra Zone, and it takes the brunt of attacks during the Day of Chaos."

"It's only outclassed by Warrior's Paradise, which is the most powerful and biggest city in Duke Whirlwind's territory, and Ice Heaven, which is the place where most nobles live in Duke Whirlwind's territory."

"In short, those two are very powerful," Soran said.

Shang looked at Soran. "What will happen from now on?"

Soran could only sigh. "Even though we can be certain of their guilt, we can't judge or report them without evidence."

"And we have zero evidence."

Shang furrowed his brows. "So, there's nothing I can do?"

"You can't do anything against them as you are now, Shang," Soran said. "Even though you have a connection with Duke Whirlwind, he can't just start an investigation without any proof."

"Many nobles do shady things, and the Duke knows this. If the Duke suddenly starts investigating people, a great number of nobles will leave for Duke Mithril's territory."

"Green Wind County would lose a huge chunk of its force, and Duke Whirlwind can't risk that," Soran explained.

"So, I'm just supposed to not do anything?" Shang asked.

Soran sighed again. "It's not that you shouldn't do anything. It's that you can't do anything."

Shang raised an eyebrow.

"Theoretically, you could do the same thing they did. You could hire a Cleaner. You could even do it yourself as long as you stay hidden."

"I'm not telling you to stay put like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. It's normal to retaliate if someone attacks you, and nobody will fault you for that."

neither have the money nor

while you definitely should

"You're just too weak."

his teeth in

the Dean would have no problems. Duke Whirlwind wouldn't

gave Shang the go-ahead to take

Shang simply didn't have the

ask for

but what

Shang's life wasn't in danger as long as he didn't leave Warrior's

only waiting

the time being, he could protect himself by not going to

to call

Shang disliked asking for help, but more importantly, what if something

couldn't even get through such a minor crisis, how could he expect

when Shang became the most

his enemies would

would he

that he couldn't rely on someone else during

this!' Shang

don't even nearly have the power to

first moment Shang truly got confirmation of

been under the impression that this was a world where nothing

that contradicted that

saw what he had feared

him had gone against him, and there was

got reminded

felt the hopeless powerlessness that came right before someone stronger than him decided to kill

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stop this from happening as long as he gave

Shang silently with a

cooperation a lot, but he had also gone through a lot of

exactly how Shang

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empathy, he

to kill, he wouldn't hesitate to do

that he preferred finding another

of silence