Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang continued watching the Treasury Master for several months.

It was mundane work, but it paid well.

Eventually, over two years passed.

And finally, something suspicious happened.

The Treasury Master left the Urbring Family every three months to travel to a couple of different gatherer families and exchange some wares. This was the very thing that happened the first time Shang had seen the Treasury Master.

Originally, when the Treasury Master left for his regularly scheduled roundtrip, Shang hadn't thought that anything suspicious would happen.

By now, he had been convinced that the Treasury Master was innocent.

Sure, he had once met with an unknown woman to have some fun, which was against the rule of meeting outsiders without informing an Enforcer, but it was just innocent fun. Shang knew that this was not nearly suspicious enough to actually conclude the mission.

The Treasury Master stopped near the first gatherer family, and the two Treasury Masters exchanged Space Rings.

After that, the two of them talked for a bit, which wasn't anything unusual.

It was just some conversation about the two families.

Some minutes later, the Treasury Master took out a Communication Crystal and informed the Treasury Master of the next family he was supposed to visit.

He told them that he was having a conversation right now and that he would arrive a couple of minutes late.

It was all very casual.

The two of them continued talking for about two more minutes before the Treasury Master left again.

A couple of minutes later, the Treasury Master reached the next family and exchanged Space Rings.

And then, another long conversation happened.

The Treasury Master took out his Communication Crystal again and called the Patriarch, telling him that he would be late.

This wasn't anything unusual. The Treasury Master enjoyed talking to the other Treasury Masters quite a bit.

Maybe this was why the Patriarch became suspicious.

After all, his Treasury Master always called him about being late. In a way, the Treasury Master was always kind of missing for a couple of minutes.

However, the other families always backed his claim that he was just talking to them.

The Treasury Master kept talking for a couple more minutes before leaving.

As always, the Treasury Master kept throwing the Sense Expansion Magic Circles everywhere while traveling, which was understandable. After all, he was carrying a lot of wealth with him.

Nothing unusual.

'Oh?'

Suddenly, the Treasury Master stopped and threw the Magic Circles toward his front.

And then, he took a sharp right.

a new one,' Shang

to the first family would have already stopped working

of them were still

the Urbring Family to

the first

family to the edge

triangle of Sense Expansion Magic Circle,' Shang thought. 'No one can enter this

keeps talking with so many other Treasury Masters for several minutes nearly every time, a short absence wouldn't even be noticed. On top of

The other Treasury Masters might actually side with his Treasury Master, or they

Enforcer investigates the Urbring Family and finds out about his secret, the Patriarch and

a lot of scheming happening on both

Sense Expansion Magic Circles and entered

Shang could still keep up with him. As long as he

random place

Sense Expansion Magic Circles in his surroundings "light up"

was making sure

and

WHOOOM!

and ground below him for about a hundred

SHING!

And vanished.

but it curved to the side after a couple hundred meters, essentially making it a

Isolation Barrier working together with a high-grade Illusion Magic Circle and an even better Cloaking Magic Circle. That's a lot of money just to

Shang quietly came closer.

Master

Treasury Master passed by the entrance, Shang also entered just

Master couldn't see Shang with his Spirit Sense, but for some

instant, the Treasury Master turned

Nothing.

Master saw the entire entrance now from within the cave, and

some reason, he was still nervous and

with his Spirit Sense, but he

the cave seemed different, but he

He was right.

different

than normal, but that was not something a normal person would notice, and since the Treasury Master relied

notice that the source of the slight illumination always came from a

to the entrance and cast another

activated again, hiding

and traveled deeper

deeper he got, the darker

but behind him, a

became more and more nervous the further he

sweaty back of his

was breathing down

times out

turning around, he still felt like something

nervous because he knew what would happen if anyone found out

simply the nervousness of doing something he knew was

reached a brightly lit