Sword God in a World of Magic

After dealing with both corpses, Shang flew back to the branch.

He got past the roots of the Yellow Sunbreaker and entered.

Trapper still sat in the middle of the branch, and when he saw White Ghost return without Ice Princess, he knew what that meant.

He felt a complex mix of emotions.

He was frustrated that he hadn't been the one to "dominate", "conquer", and "ruin" Ice Princess.

He was angry that Shang made it forever impossible for Trapper to realize this dream of his.

He felt glad that the arrogant bitch Ice Princess finally got what was coming to her.

But more than anything, he felt shocked about White Ghost's power.

White Ghost could kill Ice Princess on his own?

But then, he realized something.

It probably wasn't White Ghost that had killed her!

White Ghost had probably only watched her while a Sweeper took care of everything.

However, Trapper still became much more careful in front of Shang.

This was now the second time when someone from their branch had died after going on a mission with White Ghost.

By now, Trapper was sure that White Ghost was the Keeper's most-trusted Named Agent.

From now on, Trapper would make sure that he never showed even the slightest inkling of betrayal in front of White Ghost.

Shang stepped past Trapper without paying him any heed.

Then, he stopped in front of the Keeper.

"I completed the mission," Shang said. "Since Ice Princess is dead, I should get the entire reward."

The Keeper didn't immediately react.

After some seconds, she turned around, but instead of only turning her head a bit, her entire body actually turned to face Shang.

that,

Keeper very rarely moved from her position. Since she was the Territory Lord, nearly her entire mind was occupied with thinking about bigger things than just this branch. Because of that, she rarely reacted to anything

had to overlook dozens of

on Trapper, who moved his body back

Isolation Barrier or leave the branch for a bit. I will call you

a bit with confusion and

entering one of the training rooms and activating

only Shang and the Keeper

specifically, Shang and the

wasted here,"

Shang didn't answer.

talk with you about your future. I think we can make better use of your talents someplace

kind of discussion with everyone that can fight with a Mage two levels above

above yourself means you can jump 1.5 levels. Being able to win against someone like this means you can

say anything and

normal circumstances, that would be more than enough for me to

a Mage," Shang interjected,

Lord nodded

our inner circle since they are all too weak. Additionally, joining the inner circle means that the Temple of Blood will lose a

jump 1.5 levels, investing more resources into you will

Sky Lantern so that you may gain inspiration on how to reach the next Realm. I know that

guarantee that your plan will actually work, and you also can't guarantee

the Sixth Realm with an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you will be able to

in you would be even riskier. In fact, investing in you would be akin to throwing a bunch of Grade Seven Mana Crystals into the wilderness and hoping that there would be more

"It's not realistic."

in a very short period of time. Even more, one of

he

had heard the target's name earlier, he had already suspected that this might

Shang hadn't expected that he had

on the same level as the Natural Selection

was one of those

had just killed

the Temple of Blood,

on top of the Wildfern Family's territory,

patrol his territory, killing every

even decide to sacrifice Shang in hopes of appeasing

stupid," the Territory Lord said. "You know that

misjudged your power, and