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,' Shang

Master had dropped on his way to the first family would have already stopped

fact, all of them were still

Urbring Family

first family to the second

family to the edge of the

of Sense Expansion Magic Circle,' Shang thought. 'No one

be noticed. On top of that, the other Treasury Masters would even back his claim up. He did talk to them,

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

out about his secret, the Patriarch and the leaders would

of

the Sense Expansion Magic Circles and

As long

the Treasury Master reached a seemingly random

the Sense Expansion Magic Circles in his surroundings "light up" one after

sure

opened his eyes and

WHOOOM!

the forest and ground below him for about a

SHING!

And vanished.

but it curved to the side after a

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

Shang quietly came closer.

Treasury Master entered

the

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

the Treasury Master turned

Nothing.

entire entrance now from within the cave, and there was just

reason, he was

Sense, but he also looked around with his

different, but

He was right.

was something different about

was not something a normal person would notice, and since the Treasury

the slight illumination always

the Treasury Master turned to the entrance and

Circles activated again, hiding

Master turned and

deeper he got, the darker

see it, but behind him, a

more and more nervous the further he

sweaty back of

something was breathing down

times out of nervousness, but there was nothing

even while turning around, he still

that he was this nervous because

was simply the nervousness of doing

Master reached a brightly