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,

with thinking about bigger things than just this branch. Because of that, she rarely reacted to anything happening in

she had to

later, her eyes focused on Trapper, who

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

looked at Shang for a bit with confusion and

one of the training rooms and

only Shang and the Keeper

Shang

here," the Territory Lord

Shang didn't answer.

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

of discussion with everyone that can fight with a Mage two levels above themselves. The important part here is the word fight.

levels. Being able

didn't say anything and

could jump two levels for a long time. Under normal circumstances, that would be more than enough for me to have this talk with

not a Mage," Shang interjected,

Lord

weak. Additionally, joining the inner circle means that the Temple of Blood will lose a mountain of resources. We are investing in new people in the hope that they will one day become Mage Lords and lead the Temple of

you could jump 1.5 levels, investing more resources into you will most likely end in a net loss for

you may gain inspiration on how to reach the next Realm. I know

actually work, and

Realm with an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that

even riskier. In fact, investing in you would be akin to throwing a bunch of Grade Seven

"It's not realistic."

the Territory Lord added. "You took care of two Late Archmages in a very short period of time. Even more, one of them was

Shang heard that, he took a

he had heard the target's name earlier, he had

expected that he had

level as the Natural Selection Company, and they had four

was one

just killed a Mage Lord's

though Shang had the backing of the Temple of Blood, this was still very dangerous

Temple of Blood's neighboring territory, the one on top of the Wildfern

Family might directly come out and patrol his

Temple of Blood might even decide to sacrifice Shang in hopes of appeasing the Treasury

stupid," the Territory Lord said. "You know

that it is not your fault. I was the one that misjudged your power,