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.

Ice Adept stopped moving as the Inquisitor

took a couple of minutes for her to finish, but eventually, both of them opened

gained some valuable insight into the workings of the

Ice Adept didn't

stepped over to the unconscious commander and put her hand on his cracked

only three seconds

widened

No barrier?!

That couldn't be!

was a Magic 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

traitors 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

strings. Nearly all of them only received orders from one of their superiors, who got orders from their superiors, and they only

they never knew who it

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

Shang said. "He attacked me as soon as he got the

it. But that doesn't change the fact that he

tried to kill a soldier under him without going through the proper channels and without a valid reason.

that, the Inquisitor put her hand on the commander's head again and began to read his

minutes, she was done. This warrior obviously had more memories to go through than the Ice

Shang asked, looking at the

greed,"

looking

had grand dreams about becoming as powerful as the Dean of the Warrior's Academy. Sadly, his progress slowed down a lot after reaching the Commander Stage. In

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

saw you, he realized that his chance had arrived," the Inquisitor said to Shang. "There are several open bounties for someone named Zero posted in Duke Mithril's territories and in

to attack you on your way back, take your head, and flee to Duke Mithril's

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

much gold am

Ice Adept also looked with interest at the

gold,"

the Ice Adept

with surprise at the angered