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.

new one,'

the Sense Expansion Magic Circle the Treasury Master had dropped on his way to the first family would have already stopped working since they would have already

of them were still

line from the Urbring Family to

from the first

second family to the

Magic Circle,' Shang thought. 'No one can

be noticed. On top of that, the other

is suspecting his own Treasury Master of hiding something. The other Treasury Masters might actually side with his Treasury Master, or they might directly contact the

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

lot of scheming happening

Sense

As long as he didn't use

seemingly random place

Circles in his surroundings "light up" one after the

sure that no

opened his eyes and

WHOOOM!

forest and ground below him for about a hundred meters

SHING!

And vanished.

crater, 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 hide the

Shang quietly came closer.

Treasury Master

as the Treasury Master passed by the entrance, Shang also

see Shang with his Spirit Sense, but for some reason, he felt nervous

the Treasury Master turned

Nothing.

entire entrance now from

some reason, he was

looking at everything with his Spirit Sense, but he

cave seemed different, but he couldn't tell

He was right.

something different

and since the Treasury Master relied on his

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

to the entrance and cast another

Magic Circles activated again, hiding

and traveled deeper

deeper he got,

it, but behind him, a wall of pure

Treasury Master became more and more nervous the further he

rubbed the sweaty

was breathing

around several times out of nervousness, but there

even while turning around, he still felt like something was

nervous because he knew what would

was simply the nervousness of doing something he knew

the Treasury Master reached a