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.

saw that, his eyes

nearly her entire mind was occupied with thinking about bigger things than just this branch. Because of

had to overlook

eyes focused on Trapper, who

room and activate an Isolation Barrier or leave the branch for a bit. I

for a bit with

of the training rooms and activating the

and the Keeper

more specifically, Shang and the Territory

wasted here," the Territory

Shang didn't answer.

you about your future. I think we can make better

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

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

didn't say anything and just

could jump two levels for a long time. Under normal circumstances, that

not a

Territory Lord

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

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

gain inspiration on how to reach the next Realm. I know that all too

can't guarantee that your plan will actually work, and you also can't guarantee that your Battle-Strength won't suddenly

if you knew of a surefire way to reach the Sixth Realm with an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you will be able to do the same thing with the

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 of them the next time

"It's not realistic."

things are different now," the Territory Lord added. "You took care of two Late Archmages in a very short period of time.

that, he

earlier, he had already

hadn't expected that he

Wildfern Family was on the same level as the Natural Selection Company, and they

Master was one of

had just killed

the Temple of Blood, this was still very dangerous to

Blood's neighboring territory, the one on top of the Wildfern Family's territory, would suffer severe setbacks due to

his territory, killing every single member of the Temple of Blood he

act of desperation, the Temple of Blood might even decide to sacrifice Shang

Lord said. "You know that this situation is

was the one that misjudged your power, and I was the one