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

first family would have already stopped working since they would have already used up all their stored

all of

Urbring Family to

from the first family

from the second family to the

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

for several minutes nearly every time, a short absence wouldn't even be noticed. On top

something. The other Treasury Masters might actually

out about his secret, the Patriarch and the leaders

lot of

easily passed by the Sense Expansion Magic Circles and entered

Shang could still keep up with him. As long as he didn't use one Mana Step after the other, Shang

Master reached a seemingly random place in the

felt all the Sense Expansion Magic Circles in his surroundings "light up"

Master was making sure that

eyes and began to cast a long

WHOOOM!

and ground below him for about a hundred meters brightly

SHING!

And vanished.

but it curved

an even better Cloaking Magic Circle. That's

Shang quietly came closer.

Treasury Master entered the

Treasury Master passed by the

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

instant, the Treasury Master

Nothing.

the entire entrance now from within the cave,

for some reason, he was still nervous and

his Spirit Sense, but

seemed different, but

He was right.

was something different about

notice, and

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

the entrance and

again, hiding

and traveled

got,

behind him, a wall

Master became more and more nervous the further he

sweaty back

something was breathing down his

Master turned around several times out of nervousness, but there

still felt like

he was this nervous because he knew

nervousness of doing

Master reached a brightly