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,'

to the first family would have already stopped working since they would have already used up all their stored Mana, but this time, they were

of them were still

line from the Urbring Family

line from the first family

second family to the edge

Sense Expansion Magic Circle,' Shang thought.

many other Treasury Masters for several 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. He

that he is suspecting his own Treasury Master of hiding something. The other Treasury Masters might actually side with his Treasury Master,

an Enforcer investigates the Urbring Family and finds out about

lot of scheming happening

passed by the Sense Expansion Magic

before, but Shang could still keep up with him. As long as

seemingly random

all the Sense Expansion Magic Circles in his surroundings

Master was making sure that

his eyes and began to cast

WHOOOM!

the forest and ground below him for about a

SHING!

And vanished.

but it curved to the side after a

very expensive Isolation Barrier working together with a high-grade Illusion Magic Circle and an even better Cloaking Magic Circle. That's a lot of money just to hide the entrance to

Shang quietly came closer.

Master entered the

passed by the entrance, Shang also entered

with his Spirit Sense, but for some

instant, the

Nothing.

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

reason, he was

looking at everything with his Spirit Sense, but he also looked around with

different, but he

He was right.

different about

would notice, and since the Treasury Master relied

source of the slight illumination always came

Master turned to the entrance and

hiding the entrance to the

Treasury Master turned and traveled

got,

it, but behind him, a wall

and more

the sweaty back

was breathing down his

times out of

even while turning around, he still felt like

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

nervousness of

reached