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

have already stopped working since they would have already used up all their stored Mana, but

fact, all of them were still

Urbring Family to

the first family

to the edge of

Shang thought. 'No one can enter this area without being noticed

even be noticed. On top

can't show too openly that he is suspecting his own Treasury Master of hiding something. The other Treasury Masters might actually side with his Treasury Master, or they might directly contact the Enforcers, which might

finds out about his secret, the Patriarch and the leaders would

a lot of scheming

easily passed by the Sense Expansion Magic Circles and

keep up with him. As

random place in the

the Sense Expansion Magic Circles in his surroundings "light

Master was making sure

and began to

WHOOOM!

forest and ground below him for about a

SHING!

And vanished.

looked like a crater, but it curved to the side after a couple hundred meters, essentially making

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 the

the entrance, Shang also entered

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

instant, the Treasury Master

Nothing.

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

he was still nervous

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

seemed different, but he couldn't

He was right.

different about the

and since the Treasury Master relied on his Spirit Sense, he would be even less

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

the Treasury Master turned to the

activated again, hiding the entrance to

Master turned and

deeper he got, the darker everything

behind him, a wall of pure blackness seemed

more and more nervous the further

rubbed the sweaty back

was breathing down

Master turned around several times out of nervousness, but there

turning around, he still felt like something was behind

himself that he was this nervous because he knew what would happen if anyone found out about his

of doing something he

Master reached a brightly lit