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

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 used up all their stored Mana, but this time,

fact, all of

Urbring Family

the first family to the second

line from the second family to

thought. 'No one

a short absence wouldn't even be noticed. On top of that, the other Treasury

is suspecting his own Treasury Master of hiding something. The other

the Urbring Family and finds out about his secret, the Patriarch and the leaders would be

was a lot of scheming happening on both

Shang easily passed by the Sense

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

Treasury Master reached a seemingly random place in the forest and

Magic Circles in his surroundings

was making sure that no one

and

WHOOOM!

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 couple hundred meters, essentially making it

together with a high-grade Illusion Magic Circle and an even better Cloaking Magic Circle. That's a lot of money

Shang quietly came closer.

Treasury Master entered

Treasury Master passed by the entrance, Shang also

Spirit Sense, but for some reason, he felt nervous and

an instant, the Treasury Master

Nothing.

the entire entrance now from within the cave, and there

he was still nervous and

looking at everything with his Spirit Sense, but he also

seemed different, but he couldn't tell

He was right.

was something different

person would notice, and since

of the slight illumination always came from a

Master turned to the entrance and cast

hiding the entrance to the

turned and traveled deeper into the

got,

behind him, a wall of pure blackness seemed to follow

Master became more and more nervous

the sweaty back of his

something was breathing down his

several times out of nervousness,

he still felt like something

this nervous because he knew what would happen if anyone found

the nervousness of doing something

reached a brightly