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,'

would have already stopped working since

of them

line from the Urbring Family to the first

line from the first family to

the second family to the edge of the Urbring

thought. 'No one can enter this area without being

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

The other Treasury Masters might actually side with his Treasury

out about his secret, the

was a lot of scheming happening on both

Sense Expansion Magic Circles and entered the gigantic

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

seemingly random

the Sense Expansion Magic Circles in his

sure

opened his eyes and began

WHOOOM!

all the forest and ground below him for about a hundred meters

SHING!

And vanished.

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

and an even better Cloaking Magic Circle. That's a lot

Shang quietly came closer.

Treasury Master entered the

by the entrance, Shang also entered just

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

an instant, the Treasury Master turned

Nothing.

the entire entrance now from within

for some reason, he was still nervous and

everything with his Spirit Sense, but he also looked

cave seemed different, but he couldn't

He was right.

was something different

not something a normal person would notice, and since the

source of the slight illumination

Master turned to the entrance and cast

Magic Circles activated again, hiding the entrance to the

Treasury Master turned and traveled deeper into

he got, the darker everything

behind him, a wall of

Master became more and more nervous the further

rubbed the sweaty back of

something was breathing down his

around several times out

even while turning around, he still

nervous because he knew

simply the nervousness of doing something he knew was

reached