Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang had to wait for about three minutes for the Inquisitor to arrive. During that time, Shang collected all the valuables and stored them inside his world. By now, Shang only needed about one second for a roundtrip to his world and back, making it easier to store stuff but still impossible to use during battle.

The Inquisitor was a grey-haired woman who looked to be in her early thirties. Of course, the appearances of powerful Mages and warriors were deceiving. She was probably nearly a hundred years old.

Shang showed the emblem he had received from Duke Whirlwind to her, and she nodded. Then, she glanced at the man on the ground and the Ice Adept waiting beside Shang.

"She's the Cleaner that surrendered," Shang said, gesturing to the Ice Adept.

"He's the suspected traitor from Duke Mithril's side."

The Inquisitor looked at the Ice Adept. "Approach," she commanded.

The Ice Adept walked forward with fear on her face.

"By surrendering and consenting to a Mind Read, you get the opportunity to turn your life around," the Inquisitor stated neutrally. "Ten years of working for Duke Whirlwind will not only be beneficial to you, but you will also make powerful connections."

"The path of a Cleaner allows you to reach the True Mage Realm very quickly, but the Cleaning Service doesn't have the necessary connections and resources to cultivate a powerful True Mage."

What the Inquisitor said sounded good, but the Ice Adept knew that it couldn't be that easy. After all, she would probably be sent to the most dangerous regions, which were outside Duke Whirlwind's territory.

She would probably end up in the frontlines.

There was over a 70% chance of her death over the next decade.

Sadly, she had no other option.

It was already too late.

"I consent," she said.

The Inquisitor nodded and put her hand on the Ice Adept's head. "Don't resist."

The Ice Adept closed her eyes.

stopped moving

for her to finish, but eventually, both of them

gained some valuable insight into the workings of the Cleaning Service," the Inquisitor

Adept didn't

the Inquisitor stepped over to the unconscious commander and put her

time, she stopped looking after only three seconds and turned to Shang. "There is no

widened in

No barrier?!

That couldn't be!

Circle that hid certain memories from being read. It was very expensive and difficult to get through these barriers, and it even became impossible if a High Mage created these

all had powerful barriers in their minds that required millions of gold to unlock. This increased the cost by so much that Duke Whirlwind couldn't afford to unlock every single one, and he had to decide which ones he wanted

that it was Duke Mithril pulling the strings. Nearly all of them only received orders from one of their superiors, who got orders

never knew who it

fact that the commander didn't have a barrier basically meant that he wasn't a

Shang said. "He attacked me as soon as he got the chance. She can confirm the event." Shang pointed at the Ice

I saw it. But that doesn't change the

under him without going through the proper channels and without a valid reason. Even if he doesn't work for the

the

obviously had

Shang asked, looking at

greed," the Inquisitor

silent, looking at the

Sadly, his progress slowed down a lot after reaching the Commander Stage. In his mind, the reason for that was his lack

reason, he accepted several missions from the military and has been working for us for around ten years. He made a bit of progress, but nothing too amazing. In his mind, the reason was still his lack of resources. As long as he got better resources, he would ascend

Inquisitor said to Shang. "There are several open bounties for someone named Zero posted in Duke Mithril's territories and in underground territories

on your way back, take your head, and flee to Duke Mithril's territory to gain the

this for a bit. 'So, he isn't actually directly a traitor, but he would have become one. In a sense, he is a traitor

much gold am

looked with interest at the

gold,"

Shang and the Ice

looked with surprise at the angered Ice