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

all of them were

Urbring

first family to the

line from the second family to the edge

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

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

other Treasury Masters might actually side with his Treasury Master, or they might directly contact the Enforcers, which might

Family and finds out about his secret, the Patriarch

was a lot of scheming happening on both

Sense Expansion Magic Circles

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

Master reached a seemingly random place in

Magic Circles in

making sure that no

and began to cast a

WHOOOM!

the forest and ground below him for about a hundred

SHING!

And vanished.

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

a high-grade Illusion Magic Circle and an even

Shang quietly came closer.

Treasury Master entered the

as the Treasury Master passed by the entrance, Shang also entered just

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

the Treasury Master

Nothing.

Master saw the entire entrance now from within the cave, and there

was still

at everything with his Spirit Sense, but he also

the cave seemed different, but he

He was right.

different about

slightly more illuminated than normal, but that was not something a normal person would notice, and since

Treasury Master didn't notice that the source of the slight illumination always came from a

the

Circles activated again, hiding

turned and traveled deeper

deeper he got, the darker everything

see it, but behind him, a wall of pure blackness seemed to

Treasury Master became more and more

sweaty back of

was breathing

Treasury Master turned around several times out of nervousness, but

turning around, he still felt like something was

while, he convinced himself that he was this nervous because he knew what would happen if anyone found out

the nervousness of doing something he knew

the Treasury Master reached a brightly