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

would have already stopped working since they would have already used up all their stored Mana, but this time, they were

of them were

from the Urbring Family to the first

the first family

to the edge

of Sense Expansion Magic Circle,' Shang thought. 'No one can enter this area without being

every time, a short absence wouldn't even be noticed. On top of that, the other Treasury Masters would even back

his own Treasury Master of hiding something. The other Treasury Masters might actually side with his

and finds out about his secret, the Patriarch

lot of scheming happening on

always, Shang easily passed by the Sense Expansion Magic Circles and entered the

still keep up with him. As long as he didn't use one Mana Step after the other, Shang had no

Treasury Master reached a seemingly random place in the

Circles in his surroundings "light up" one after

making sure

he opened his eyes and began to cast a

WHOOOM!

forest and ground below him for

SHING!

And vanished.

a crater, but it curved to the side after a

very expensive Isolation Barrier working together with a high-grade Illusion Magic Circle and an even better

Shang quietly came closer.

Treasury Master entered

the entrance,

his Spirit Sense,

instant, the Treasury Master turned

Nothing.

the entire entrance now from within the cave, and there was

was still nervous

with his Spirit Sense, but he also

cave seemed different, but

He was right.

something different about the

and since the Treasury Master relied on his

the slight illumination always came from a

the Treasury Master turned to the entrance and cast another

activated again, hiding the entrance to the

and traveled deeper

he got, the darker

it, but behind him, a

more and more

the sweaty

like something was breathing down his

around several times out of nervousness, but there was

even while turning around, he still felt

because he knew what would happen if anyone found out

nervousness of doing something he

Treasury Master reached a