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

already stopped working since they would have already used

all of

from the Urbring Family to the first

the first family

line from the second family to the

Sense Expansion Magic Circle,' Shang thought. 'No one can enter this area

short absence wouldn't even be noticed. On top

The other Treasury Masters might actually side with his Treasury Master, or they

about his secret, the Patriarch and

a lot of scheming

by the Sense

with him. As long as he

a seemingly random place in the forest and closed

in his surroundings "light

making sure that no one

eyes and began to cast a

WHOOOM!

the forest and ground below him for about a hundred

SHING!

And vanished.

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

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

Shang quietly came closer.

Master

the entrance, Shang also

Shang with his Spirit Sense, but for some reason, he felt

an instant, the Treasury Master

Nothing.

now from within the

was still nervous and looked

Sense, but he also

cave seemed different, but he couldn't tell

He was right.

was something different

something a normal person would notice, and

notice that the source of the slight illumination always

Treasury Master turned to the entrance and cast another long

hiding the entrance

and traveled

he got, the

behind him, a wall of pure blackness seemed to follow

Treasury Master became more and more nervous the further

sweaty back of his

like something was breathing down

around several times out of nervousness,

while turning around, he still felt like something was behind

while, he convinced himself that he was this nervous because

simply the nervousness of doing something he knew

the Treasury Master reached a brightly lit