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

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

fact, all of them were

line from the Urbring

from the first

second family to the edge of the

a triangle of Sense Expansion Magic Circle,' Shang thought.

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

the Patriarch probably can't show too openly that he is suspecting his own Treasury Master of hiding something. The other Treasury Masters might actually

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

of scheming

Shang easily passed by the Sense Expansion Magic

still keep up with him. As long

seemingly random place in the

Magic Circles in his surroundings "light up" one after

Master was making sure that no one

eyes and began to cast a long

WHOOOM!

all the forest and ground below him

SHING!

And vanished.

vanished, a deep hole appeared. It looked like a crater, but it curved to the side after

Magic Circle and an even better Cloaking

Shang quietly came closer.

Master

as the Treasury Master passed by the

Shang with his Spirit Sense, but for some reason,

instant, the Treasury

Nothing.

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

some reason, he was still nervous and

at everything with his Spirit Sense, but he

different, but he couldn't tell

He was right.

was something different

person would notice, and since the Treasury Master relied on his Spirit Sense, he would be even less likely to

the slight illumination always came from a bit behind

Treasury Master turned to the entrance and cast

again, hiding the entrance

turned and traveled deeper into

he got, the darker

it, but behind him, a wall of

became more and more nervous the further he

the sweaty

something was breathing

turned around several times out of nervousness, but there was nothing

while turning around, he still felt like

convinced himself that he was this nervous because he knew what

of doing something he knew was

reached a